RE: Auto version for workspaces

From: Clemm, Geoff (gclemm@Rational.Com)
Date: Wed, Feb 16 2000

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    From: "Clemm, Geoff" <gclemm@Rational.Com>
    To: ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org
    Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:44:42 -0500
    Subject: RE: Auto version for workspaces
    
    I'm not averse to adding a DAV:auto-version field to a
    workspace resource, but just to make sure we're on the
    same page, this doesn't give a versioning-unaware client
    any more power (if it can set DAV:auto-version on the
    default workspace, it can set it on a versioned resource).
    Also (as currently defined), the DAV:auto-version property
    only has effect on versioning-unaware clients (i.e. ones
    that do not know to use Workspace or Version-Selector 
    headers), so this property only has an effect when the
    specified workspace is the default workspace for accessing
    the versioned resource, and when no Workspace or Version-Selector
    header is specified in the request.
    
    So what this really provides is a way for a versioning aware
    client to effectively set DAV:auto-version for a whole set of
    versioned resources.
    
    Tim: Is this still what you wanted?
    
    Cheers,
    Geoff
    
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Tim_Ellison@oti.com [mailto:Tim_Ellison@oti.com]
    > 
    > I think it would be a fine thing if workspaces had an auto 
    > version property 
    > (along the lines of the resource property) that indicated 
    > that all resources 
    > PUT through that workspace were auto-versioned.  This would 
    > allow down-level 
    > clients to interact on a level playing field, rather than 
    > relying on their 
    > versioning chums to set the flag on a per resource basis.
    > 
    > If I were Geoff, I'd say that I'll add it to the spec unless anyone 
    > complains :-)
    > 
    > Tim
    >