Changable Deployment Conditions

A system comprising:

• a plurality of identifiable system hardware, software and infrastructure attributes;
• a software package having code to execute a program on the system, the software package to contain a list identifying specific system attributes required to execute the program, the list to include at least one system attribute that is compatible but not contained in the system;
• an external list of system attributes that identifies the at least one compatible attribute of the system;
• and
• an installation tool configured to receive the software package and the external list and to execute an installation process for the software package based on the external list if an external list is received, wherein the installation process is configured to fail if the system attributes differ from the attributes identified as compatible.

An article of manufacture comprising a machine readable storage medium having content stored thereon to provide instructions to cause a machine to perform operations including:

• receiving a plurality of files including a software package having code to execute a program on a system with specific attributes, the software package to contain a list identifying specific system attributes required to execute the program;
• initiating an installation process for the software package on a system with at least one system attribute that is compatible with the program but not identified by the list of system attributes in the software package, the installation process to identify the system attributes and configured to fail if the system attributes differ from the list in the software package;
• identifying an external list of system attributes from the plurality of files separate from the software package wherein the external list of attributes identifies the compatible attribute;
• computing an attribute list based on the external list of system attributes and the list of attributes in the software package;
• and
• executing the installation process based on the computed attribute list.

A method comprising:

• receiving a software package having code to execute a program on a system, the software package containing a list identifying specific system attributes required to execute the program;
• receiving data identifying an attribute compatible with the program but not identified by the list of system attributes contained in the software package;
• creating a list of system attributes to be used during the installation of the software package based, at least in part, on the list of system attributes contained in the software package, wherein the created list of attributes identifies the compatible attribute;
• and
• publishing the created list of attributes.