Freezing a Package

The Freeze function locks all package components and metadata to prevent further changes. At the same time, ChangeMan ZMF validates the condition of the package and its components. The status of the package and all its components is set to frozen (FRZ).

A package must be in development (DEV) status before it can be frozen. It must be frozen before the package approval process can begin. After a package is frozen, you may selectively unfreeze a subset of package components to make changes, and then selectively refreeze them again. See Unfreezing and Refreezing Package Components.

If you need to add a new component to a package, you must revert the entire package to development (DEV) status first. See Reverting a Package to Development Status.

Refer to the ChangeMan ZMF User’s Guide for additional information.

Invoking the Freeze Package Function

The Freeze function is invoked from the following workbench menus:

• Serena perspective — In the Serena Explorer navigation view, expand the ZMF Applications node, then expand the node for the application to which the desired package belongs. Right-click on the name of the package to be frozen. When the contextual menu displays, select the Freeze option. See Working with ZMF Packages for more information.

• Java perspective — In the Package Explorer navigation view, navigate to a project that is shared with a ZMF package. Right-click on the project to bring up its contextual menu, then open the Team submenu and select the ZMF Package Freeze option. See Project-Level ZMF Functions for more information.

Working with the Freeze Package Dialog

The Freeze Package dialog box asks you to confirm that the displayed package name is in fact the package your want to freeze.

If the package name is correct, click Finish to process the Freeze request.