Re: Auto version for workspaces

From: Tim Ellison OTT (Tim_Ellison@oti.com)
Date: Fri, Feb 18 2000

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    From: Tim_Ellison@oti.com (Tim Ellison OTT)
    To: jamsden@us.ibm.com (jamsden)
    Cc: ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org ('Delta V')
    Message-ID: <2000Feb18.091300.1250.1480486@otismtp.ott.oti.com>
    Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 09:17:04 -0500
    Subject: Re: Auto version for workspaces
    
    
    Hmm, by your logic then the server is a resource :-)
    
    Where would that server default be set?
    
    Tim
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    >From: jamsden
    >To: Tim Ellison (OTT)
    >Cc: 'Delta V'; ietf-dav-versioning-request
    >Subject: Re: Auto version for workspaces
    >Date: Thursday, February 17, 2000 6:42PM
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    >Creating a new revision is an operation on a versioned resource, not a
    >workspace. So auto versioning should be an attribute of a versioned
    >resource, not a workspace, which is not even versionable. Auto versioning
    >should be a server default with override on a per versioned resource basis.
    >This gets you what you want while keeping the state information with the
    >correct object.
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    >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
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