System Configuration Management

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on System Configuration Management, SCM-9, held in Toulouse, France in September 1999.The 17 revised full papers presented together with a tutorial were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on the Web and distribution, experience and tools, versioning and models, new developments, and research status and furture directions.