This month in Crossroads News we begin the shift to a new format primarily featuring articles by our regular columnists and collaborators with a special section for contributed articles. This format will allow the Crossroads News writers to focus on their areas of expertise, while still providing an avenue for contributed articles and comments on a wide variety of configuration management and related development subjects. In line with this new format we are introducing the Building Zone, a regular column on software build management led by Maciej Zawadzki, with occasional collaboration from other experts in build management like those featured in this this months edition.