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Description of the CUDF Format

Software Engineering 2008-11-24 v1

Abstract

This document contains several related specifications, together they describe the document formats related to the solver competition which will be organized by Mancoosi. In particular, this document describes: - DUDF (Distribution Upgradeability Description Format), the document format to be used to submit upgrade problem instances from user machines to a (distribution-specific) database of upgrade problems; - CUDF (Common Upgradeability Description Format), the document format used to encode upgrade problems, abstracting over distribution-specific details. Solvers taking part in the competition will be fed with input in CUDF format.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0811.3621,
  title  = {Description of the CUDF Format},
  author = {Ralf Treinen and Stefano Zacchiroli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.3621},
  year   = {2008}
}
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