<s>
Vesta	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
software	O
configuration	O
management	O
system	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vesta	B-Protocol
was	O
developed	O
by	O
researchers	O
at	O
the	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
(	O
DEC	O
)	O
Systems	O
Research	O
Center	O
in	O
Palo	O
Alto	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
for	O
Vesta	B-Protocol
was	O
first	O
published	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vesta	B-Protocol
's	O
approach	O
to	O
incremental	O
software	O
building	O
was	O
to	O
give	O
the	O
user	O
a	O
language	O
to	O
describe	O
how	O
to	O
build	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
let	O
the	O
builder	O
infer	O
dependencies	O
,	O
unlike	O
other	O
systems	O
where	O
the	O
user	O
specifies	O
the	O
dependencies	O
explicitly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
redesign	O
and	O
reimplementation	O
called	O
Vesta-2	O
was	O
begun	O
around	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vesta	B-Protocol
was	O
released	O
by	O
Compaq	O
after	O
it	O
acquired	O
DEC	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Lesser	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
LGPL	B-Application
)	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vesta	B-Protocol
features	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Vesta	B-Protocol
builds	O
are	O
encapsulated	O
in	O
an	O
environment	O
cut	O
off	O
from	O
the	O
normal	O
filesystem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Vesta	B-Protocol
builder	O
records	O
file	O
accesses	O
made	O
during	O
builds	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
having	O
the	O
user	O
explicitly	O
specify	O
as	O
with	O
the	O
earlier	O
Make	B-Application
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vesta	B-Protocol
is	O
used	O
by	O
Intel	O
for	O
microprocessor	O
development	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
employ	O
developers	O
who	O
actively	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
maintenance	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
Vesta	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
short	O
book	O
about	O
Vesta	B-Protocol
was	O
published	O
several	O
times	O
through	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
