- From: Vasta, John <jvasta@rational.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:22:01 -0500
- To: "'Greg Stein'" <gstein@lyra.org>, ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org
> > While I'm in there, Jim Amsden asked if we could add a > > value to DAV:auto-version that says "only auto version > > while locked" (i.e. this would say to auto-checkout if > > the checked-in vcr is write-locked, but just fail the > > update if it is not write-locked). > > > > I think this is a decision more likely to made by the > > server (i.e. does it have an efficient delta scheme for > > that resource type), but I'd be happy to add this if > > folks think it's a good idea. Any preference? > > It should not be added. I don't have locking in my server, so > adding that to > the spec would mean that I couldn't ever auto-version. Not quite right; it's up to the client to set the DAV:auto-version property (your server can default the value to whatever it wants). So it would only mean that your server couldn't support clients that wished to assert this policy. John
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