CSR-PDOS: Integrated World-Wide Software Upgrade Deployment and Testing

部署、安装和使用软件升级（也称为更新或补丁）的过程充满了升级开发、部署和远程（用户站点）测试之间集成不佳所导致的问题。 因此，我们正在构建一个名为Mirage的分布式框架，用于将部署和远程测试集成到一个结构化和高效的升级开发周期中，该周期包括软件供应商（以及软件贡献者和分销商）和用户。 完成后，我们的框架将产生升级，在广泛部署时表现良好，具有很高的信心，从而减少用户对有问题的升级的暴露，并促进供应商对问题的调试。 考虑到这些好处以及升级对大多数计算机用户和供应商的极端重要性，Mirage的实际影响可能是巨大的。 我们将通过我们的教育计划、网络以及主要会议和期刊上的科学出版物来传播我们的发现和源代码。

The process of deploying, installing, and using software upgrades (also called updates or patches) is riddled with problems resulting from a poor integration between upgrade development, deployment, and remote (user-site) testing. Thus, we are building a distributed framework, called Mirage, for integrating deployment and remote testing into a structured and efficient upgrade development cycle that encompasses both software vendors (as well as software contributors and distributors) and users. When completed, our framework will produce upgrades that behave properly with high confidence when widely deployed, thereby reducing the exposure of users to problematic upgrades and facilitating the debugging of problems by the vendors. Given these benefits and the extreme importance of upgrades for most computer users and vendors, the practical impact of Mirage can be significant. We will disseminate our findings and source code through our educational program, over the Web, and through scientific publications in major conferences and journals.