RE: error condition for delete of VHR when VCR is in checked-in c ollection

> From: ietf-dav-versioning-request@w3.org
> [mailto:ietf-dav-versioning-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Tim Ellison
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 3:18 PM
> To: ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org
> Subject: RE: error condition for delete of VHR when VCR is in checked-in
> c ollection
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> Julian wrote:
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> > b) the server deletes the VHR and un-version-controls the
> > VCR (to avoid breaking the live versioning properties).
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> In what sense would the property be "broken"?  Clearly from the server's
> point of view there is a good reason why it may not want to so this, but
> from a protocol point I don't see a problem.  For example, what would be
> the difference if the version-history resource is unaccessible
> due to other
> circumstances, such as authentication or reachability?
>
> The semantics of a version-controlled resource can be enforced even if the
> version-history resource does not exist.

Even if both the resources referenced by  DAV:checked-in and DAV:checked-out
do not exist?

Received on Tuesday, 9 July 2002 09:31:28 UTC