Kurt Chien Hua Su

US Patent:

20120066669, Mar 15, 2012

Filed:

Sep 14, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/881639

Inventors:

JOHN BOUZAKIS - Poughkeepsie NY, US
Dhruti Ritesh Motipara - Austin TX, US
Anais Graciela Rivera - Austin TX, US
Kurt Chien-Hua Su - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

717168

Abstract:

A method, system, and computer usable program product for creating a superseding software product release are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A first set of metadata describing a set of parts related to a first release is received at an application executing in a computer. A second set of metadata describing a second set of parts related to a second release is received. Using the first and the second sets of metadata, a part to be added to the second set of metadata is identified such that the second release is sufficient to supersede the first release. The second set of metadata is updated to include metadata of the part such that an updated second release according to the updated second set of metadata is sufficient to supersede the first release.