Re: checkout/checkin/uncheckout vs. lock/unlock
David G. Durand (dgd@cs.bu.edu)
Thu, 5 Nov 1998 12:19:07 -0400
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Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 12:19:07 -0400
To: ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org
From: "David G. Durand" <dgd@cs.bu.edu>
Subject: Re: checkout/checkin/uncheckout vs. lock/unlock
At 2:29 PM -0400 11/3/98, Geoffrey M. Clemm wrote:
>Why was the checkout/checkin/uncheckout functionality assigned
>to the lock/unlock methods? As I recall, in our last meeting,
>we agreed (or at least, all of us but Chris agreed, and Chris
>reluctantly accepted :-) that they each really needed to be a
>separate method.
> ... trimmed ...
>So I propose that we not overload lock/unlock, but that we have 3 new
>methods: CHECKIN, CHECKOUT, UNCHECKOUT.
This reflects my memory (and design taste) as well.
-- David
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