Title:        aegis
Version:      2.1
Submitted:    Sep 25 1993
Author:       pmiller@bmr.gov.au (Peter Miller)
Submittor:    pmiller@bmr.gov.au (Peter Miller)
Description:  project change supervisor

NAME
        aegis - project change supervisor
        Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Peter Miller.
        All rights reserved.

        The aegis program is distributed under the terms of the
        GNU General Public License.  [...]

        aegis (ee.j.iz) n., a protection, a defence.

DESCRIPTION
        The aegis program is a CASE tool with a difference.  In
        the spirit of the UNIX Operating System, the aegis
        program is a small component designed to work with other
        programs.

        Many CASE systems attempt to provide everything, from
        bubble charts to source control to compilers.  Users are
        trapped with the components supplied by the CASE system,
        and if you don't like one of the components (it may be
        too limited, for instance), then that is just tough.

        In contrast, UNIX provides many components of a CASE
        system - compilers, editors, dependency maintenance tools
        (such as make), source control tools (such as RCS).  You
        may substitute the tool of your choice if you don't like
        the ones supplied with the system - gcc, jove, cake, to
        name just a few.  The aegis program adds to this list
        with software configuration management, and true to UNIX
        philosophy, the aegis program does not dictate the choice
        of any of the other tools (although it may stretch them
        to their limits).

        Enough hype, what is it that the aegis program does?
        Just what is software configuration management?  This
        question is sufficiently broad as to require a book in
        answer.  In essence, the aegis program is a project
        change supervisor.  It provides a framework within which
        a team of developers may work on many changes to a
        program independently, and the aegis program coordinates
        integrating these changes back into the master source of
        the program, with as little disruption as possible.
        Resolution of contention for source files, a major
        headache for any project with more than one developer, is
        one of the aegis program's major functions.

        It should be noted that the aegis program is a
        developer's tool, in the same sense as make or RCS are
        developer's tools.  It is not a manager's tool - it does
        not provide progress tracking or manage work allocation.

        [...]

AUTHOR
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