Software projects use build systems to automate the compilation, testing, and continuous
deployment of their software products. As software becomes increasingly configurable, the …

Building software is a crucial task to compile, test, and deploy software systems while
continuously ensuring quality. As software is more and more configurable, building multiple …

Incremental builds are commonly employed in software development, involving minor
changes to existing source code that is then frequently recompiled. Speeding up …

The build system, ie, the infrastructure that converts source code into deliverables, plays a
critical role in the development of a software project. For example, developers rely upon the …

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Incremental build systems are essential for fast, reproducible software builds. Incremental
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Modern software applications are adapted to different situations (eg, memory limits,
enabling/disabling features, database credentials) by changing the values of configuration …

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In this article the author discusses the problems of software construction by configuration
and explains why this is a challenging area for software engineering researchers. The …