AccuRev's "Health Checker for CVS" Addresses Limitations of the CVS Version Control System That Can Result in Costly Release Errors and Project Delays
Free AccuRev Open Source Tool Automates Processes for Identifying CVS Repository Inconsistencies
Lexington, MA, November 15, 2005 - AccuRev®, Inc., the leader in software configuration management (SCM) for distributed development teams, today introduced "Health Checker for CVS," an open source tool that helps organizations currently using the CVS version control system identify CVS repository inconsistencies. Most CVS users are unaware that repository inconsistencies exist. AccuRev has introduced Health Checker for CVS to bring these potentially damaging inconsistencies to light so that they can be corrected before problems occur.
Until now, CVS users had to write custom scripts and processes in order to maintain a "healthy" and consistent repository. Because most software engineers are under tremendous pressure to accelerate release cycles, they often don’t have the time to adequately complete this time-consuming work. As a result, potentially costly and damaging repository inconsistencies can run rampant. Now, with AccuRev’s open source Health Checker for CVS, developers can quickly and easily identify these inconsistencies and correct them, ultimately leading to more efficient and accurate release cycles.
"Open source version control and configuration management tools provide basic capabilities, but it’s important for software development professionals to recognize the limitations of these solutions, especially when it comes to developing mission- and business-critical applications," said Melinda Ballou, program director of IDC’s Application Lifecycle Management Software group. "Technologies that help software engineers recognize and identify problems that can arise as a result of these limitations early in the development life-cycle will facilitate more consistent processes and an overall improvement in software quality."
"AccuRev has heard directly from developers who use CVS that branching and labeling in the repository can cause major delays and eventually result in inconsistencies that can cause an array of costly errors," said Damon Poole, CTO and founder of AccuRev. "We’ve introduced the Health Checker for CVS in order to provide a mechanism to identify these inconsistencies so they can be corrected."
Availability
AccuRev’s Health Checker for CVS is available immediately at no charge. For more information about Health Checker for CVS or to download the software, please follow the link below, or call AccuRev Sales at 781-861-8700 ext.7.
To Download Health Checker for CVS visit: http://www.accurev.com/hc9
About AccuRev, Inc.
AccuRev is a leader in process change management for distributed development, helping organizations make software development faster, more efficient and cost effective by increasing developer productivity, improving quality and reducing administrative costs. AccuRev’s process change management products are ideally suited for today’s fine-grained distributed development teams spread across remote locations and multiple time zones. Unlike legacy software configuration management tools, AccuRev fuses the development process with the management of software assets, resulting in a reduction from weeks to minutes in the time needed to complete essential software development tasks. AccuRev’s process change management products are used by a growing number of global enterprises, including American Airlines, Citibank, Polycom, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sun Microsystems, Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin. AccuRev, Inc. is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts and is privately held.AccuRev, TimeSafe and StreamBrowser are registered trademarks or trademarks of AccuRev, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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