Patent ID: 8978008
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method associated with a software production landscape, comprising: establishing a source version of a software product; associating a first container, representing a first uniquely addressable physical location in the software production landscape, with the source version; building an executable derivative version of the software product from the source version; associating a second container, representing a second uniquely addressable physical location in the software production landscape, with the executable derivative version; receiving, via a graphical user interface, input indicating a request for information about prior versions or containers that were associated with the second container; and automatically providing, to a user, software configuration information based at least in part on a relationship between the first and second containers at a given point in time; wherein the source version is a first portion of source code created at a first development branch; the method further comprising: