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(54) STACK MACROS AND PROJECT Publication Classi?cation EXTENSIBILITY FOR PROJECT STACKING (51) Int Cl AND SUPPORT SYSTEM G06F 9/44 (200601) (75) Inventors: Rod Cope, Broom?eld, CO (US); ( 52 ) US. Cl...... 717/101 Eric Weidner, Highlands Ranch, (57) ABSTRACT CO (Us) A tool is provided for addressing a number of issues related to _ assembling software stacks including multiple uncoordinated (73) Asslgnee? OPENLOGIC, INC-i B1" Oom?eld, components such as open source projects. The tool identi?es CO (Us) individual projects for stacking, manages dependency rela tionships and provides an intuitive graphical interface to (21) App1_ NO_; 11/556,094 assist a user. A project ?lter is also provided for controlling access to or installation of projects in accordance With ?lter (22) Filed. N0“ 2 2006 criteria. In this manner, compliance With internal policies ' ’ regarding the use of open source or other software is facili . . tated. The user can also add projects to the collection of Related U's' Apphcatlon Data supported projects and de?ne stack macros or stacros. Once (60) Provisional application No. 60/732,729, ?led on Nov. such stacros are de?ned, various functionality can be pro 2, 2005' vided analogous to that provided for individual projects.

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