SCM 3.0.Contemporary Software, UK distributor for Seapine Software, has announced Surround SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. 3.0 for software change management. Significant new features include changelists and atomic transactions, support for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (protocol) Lightweight Directory Access Protocol - (LDAP) A protocol for accessing on-line directory services. LDAP was defined by the IETF in order to encourage adoption of X.500 directories. (LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) A protocol used to access a directory listing. LDAP support is implemented in Web browsers and e-mail programs, which can query an LDAP-compliant directory. ) and Active Directory, and integration with Metrowerk's CodeWarrior. See www.seqpine.com for details. Surround SCM 3.0 manages all software source code changes with cross-platform and client server source control. It offers command-line and GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. support on Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X as well as integrating with Seapine TestTrack Pro 7.0 and Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship software development product for computer programmers. It centers on an integrated development environment which lets programmers create standalone applications, web sites, web applications, and web services that run on any platforms . New features include: * Changelists and atomic transactions. Changelists allow users to group changes to multiple files for later operations and historical reporting purposes. Atomic transactions preserve source repository integrity by ensuring actions performed on changelists either succeed or fail as a group. * LDAP support. This simplifies user account management. Administrators can now validate user logins and retrieve user information from LDAP servers, including Active Directory. DAP support also reduces user account maintenance by synchronising directly with Seapine's license server. * Integration with Metrowerk's CodeWarrior. CodeWarrior users can now perform Surround CM commands from within the Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE). Other new Surround SCM 3.0 features include integration with CruiseControl to automate e software build process; the ability to change usernames in the license server; and improved file transfer speed for remote users. www.contemporary.co.uk |
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