Appeal No. 1999-2720
Application No. 08/580,965
creating, in memory, a source tree containing the initial
version S2 and the modified initial version S2 of the
software;
receiving a now version S3 of the software;
determining a difference between the new version S3 and
the initial version S1;
Integrating the difference between the new version and
the initial version (S3-S1) into a copy of the initial version
S1' to yield an integrated copy; and
incorporating the integrated copy into a copy of the
modified initial version S2 to yield a modified new version
S4, while still retaining the initial version S1 and its
modified initial version S2.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Leblang et al. (Leblang) 5,574,898 Nov.
12, 1996
Ambriola, V., Bendix L. and Ciancarini, P., "The Evolution of
Configuration Management and Version Control," Software
Engineering Journal, (November, 1990), pp. 303-310.
Tichy, W. "RCS-A System for Version control," 4.4BSD
Programmer's Supplementary Documents (PSD), O'Reilly &
Associates, Inc., (April, 1994), pp. 13-1 to 13-14.
Allman, E. "An Introduction to the Source Code Control
System," 4.4BSD Programmer's Supplementary Documents (PSD),
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., (April, 1994), pp. 14-1 to 14-14.
SunSoft, SPARCworks/TeamWare ProWorks/TeamWare Users Guide,
(1995), pp. 1-292.
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