Open source software projects often rely on package management systems that help
projects discover, incorporate, and maintain dependencies on other packages, maintained …

We introduce the Aeolus component model, which is specifically designed to capture
realistic scenarios arising when configuring and deploying distributed applications in the so …

Maintenance of component-based software platforms often has to face rapid evolution of
software components. Component dependencies, conflicts, and package managers with …

Software Product Lines (SPLs) are a mechanism for large-scale reuse where families of
related software systems are represented in terms of commonalities and variabilities, eg …

The liberalization of software licensing has led to unprecedented re-use of software.
Alongside drastically increasing productivity and arguably quality of derivative works, it has …

Modern software systems are built by composing components drawn from large repositories,
whose size and complexity is increasing at a very fast pace. A fundamental challenge for the …

We consider the problem of deploying and (re) configuring resources in a “cloud” setting,
where interconnected software components and services can be deployed on clusters of …

CONTEXT: The success of modern software distributions in the Free and Open Source world
can be explained, among other factors, by the availability of a large collection of software …

Cloud computing is a new computing paradigm used for building on demand free and open
source software (FOSS) applications. However, due to the lack of an explicit and formal …

Component repositories play an increasingly relevant role in software life-cycle
management, from software distribution to end-user, to deployment and upgrade …