What has to be included in them (in ideal conditions)? Source code repository related information Files Archived Build Environment related information Tests related informationHow much details in each part? Any other information?

Hi,I wrote up a whitepaper describing the use of configuration management to reduce the risk to a development organization, and I'd love to hear comments or questions. http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/features/hub_articles/reducing_risk.jsp

I recently interviewed a candidate for a build engineering position. I haven't done that much interviewing, and want to know what people think are important questions. Do you focus on technical skills (if so, how)? Are strong technical types who like to hole up in their bunkers good ...

Hi all Build Engineers,what systems do you use for automating builds - do you use your own tools, or some opensource project?If it is something public, which one it is, and what were the reasons to chose it?We are thinking about using the Hudson system ( http://hudson.dev.java.net/) for our ...

I'd be interested to hear and share experience with tools used to automate Build & Release Engineering tasks. Furthermore, very interesting to hear about tools for automation of Configuration & Change Management tasks. For example, my team used INF (Integration Notice Facility) - tools ...

When I started working as a release engineer my boss described RE as being "the hub of the wheel," the go-between among disparate groups: program management, software development, installer engineering, marketing, QA, manufacturing. I think of <b>build engineering</b> as relating to ...