Re: Last Call for DAV:checked-out-vcr Proposal

'I don't mind if it is added'

I do support your comment that additions like this only continue to add to the 
complexity of the protocol, however useful they may be.  I think it is fair to 
say that a draft specification really needs to be nailed down soon and that 
additional features like DAV:checked-out-vcr be added in the next version of 
the specification.  

     Thanks,

     Mark



Quoting "Clemm, Geoff" <gclemm@rational.com>:

> The DAV:checked-out-vcr property addresses the use case where a
> working resource has been created for the purpose of updating a
> VCR, and then that VCR has been moved while the working resource
> was checked-out.  Since the client cannot easily track the
> movement of the VCR, the DAV:checked-out-vcr property provides
> functionality that cannot be achieved by the current protocol
> for the client-workspace package (the server-workspace package
> does not have this problem, since it does not support working
> resources).
> 
> Does anyone object to adding this functionality?  I am ambivalent,
> in that I would prefer to not add functionality to the protocol
> (it's already complex enough), but this is useful, consistent
> functionality that does not present any interoperability issues.
> I'd like a few more "yes, add it in" or at least "I don't mind if it
> is added" comments from the working group before making this addition.
> 
> As a reminder, the proposed additions to the protocol are:
> 
> Add a protected DAV:checked-out-vcr property for a working resource.
> Set this property on the working resource created when a CHECKOUT with
> the DAV:apply-to-version flag is applied to a VCR.  Add a
> postcondition to "CHECKIN" of a working resource that says that if
> there is a DAV:checked-out-VCR on the working resource, the specified
> VCR will automatically be updated to reflect the content and dead
> properties of the new version.  Add a postcondition to "MOVE" of a VCR
> that says that if there is a DAV:checked-out-VCR that identifies that
> VCR, that property is updated to reflect the new location of the VCR.
> 
> Cheers,
> Geoff
>

Received on Tuesday, 19 June 2001 10:03:37 UTC