Tool Version Management Technology: A Case Study
• SEI Report
Publisher
Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-90-TR-025Abstract
This report describes a portion of the problem of maintaining tools for the purpose of software development. It discusses an innovative solution to tool version management available in the commercially available Network Software Environment from Sun Microsystems, Inc. It applies NSE mechanisms to solve three problems that are common to the use and management of tools for software development.
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Feiler, P., & Downey, G. (1990, November 1). Tool Version Management Technology: A Case Study. (SEI Report CMU/SEI-90-TR-025). Retrieved July 16, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/tool-version-management-technology-a-case-study/.
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author={Feiler, Peter and Downey, Grace},
title={Tool Version Management Technology: A Case Study},
month={Nov},
year={1990},
number={{CMU/SEI-90-TR-025},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
url={https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/tool-version-management-technology-a-case-study/},
note={Accessed: 2026-Jul-16}
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Feiler, Peter, and Grace Downey. "Tool Version Management Technology: A Case Study." (CMU/SEI-90-TR-025). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, November 1, 1990. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/tool-version-management-technology-a-case-study/.
P. Feiler, and G. Downey, "Tool Version Management Technology: A Case Study," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, SEI Report CMU/SEI-90-TR-025, 1-Nov-1990 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/tool-version-management-technology-a-case-study/. [Accessed: 16-Jul-2026].
Feiler, Peter, and Grace Downey. "Tool Version Management Technology: A Case Study." (SEI Report CMU/SEI-90-TR-025). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Nov. 1990. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/tool-version-management-technology-a-case-study/. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.
Feiler, Peter; & Downey, Grace. Tool Version Management Technology: A Case Study. CMU/SEI-90-TR-025. Software Engineering Institute. 1990. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/tool-version-management-technology-a-case-study/