Configurable software architecture in support of configuration management and software deployment

In this research article we introduce the Menage project. Menage is based on the vision that the notion of software architecture, extended with the concept of versioning, can be used as an organizing abstraction for some of the activities in the software life cycle. In particular, we are investigating how two of those activities, namely configuration management and software deployment, can benefit from the availability of an explicit architectural representation that is enhanced with versioning capabilities.