Buildix

Buildix 1.1
Website:	[1]
Company/ developer:	ThoughtWorks
OS family:	Linux
Source model:	Open source
Latest stable release:	1.1 / July 6, 2006
Kernel type:	Monolithic kernel
License:	Various
Working state:	Current

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Buildix is aimed at helping agile developers to get their projects up and running quickly and easily. The bundled software includes the key ingredients for an agile software development project including: CruiseControl (a continuous integration server), Subversion (a revision control system), and Trac (a project-management tool). Agile software development is a conceptual framework for undertaking software engineering projects. ... Agile software development is a conceptual framework for undertaking software engineering projects. ... In software development, CruiseControl is a Java-based framework for a continuous build process. ... Continuous integration is a software engineering term describing a process that completely rebuilds and tests an application frequently. ... Subversion is an open source application used for revision control. ... Revision control (also known as Version control) is the management of multiple revisions of the same unit of information. ... For the programming language TRAC, see TRAC programming language. ...

Contents

Buildix is intended to run as a server and so the package list is initially quite small. There is no window manager installed which means that buildix has very modest hardware requirements. The most significant packages include: An X window manager is software that controls the placement and appearance of application windows under the X Window System, a graphical user interface mainly used on Unix-like systems. ...

• CruiseControl
• Subversion
• Trac
• Apache Ant
• Apache Tomcat
• Apache HTTP Server

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Requirements

There are some requirements for a computer to be able to run Buildix, which include:

• A CD-ROM drive

The CD-ROM drive can also be called a CD-ROM player. ...

See also

Free software Portal

• List of LiveCDs

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External links

• Buildix Site
• ThoughtWorks
• Manifesto for Agile Software Development
• The Agile Alliance