[Bug 116] New: OVERWRITE_DELETE_ALL_TOO_STRONG

http://ietf.cse.ucsc.edu:8080/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=116

           Summary: OVERWRITE_DELETE_ALL_TOO_STRONG
           Product: WebDAV-RFC2518-bis
           Version: -07
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: 08.  HTTP Methods for Distributed Authoring
        AssignedTo: joe-bugzilla@cursive.net
        ReportedBy: elias@cse.ucsc.edu
         QAContact: w3c-dist-auth@w3.org


A COPY or a MOVE with Overwrite set to True will perform a DELETE with Depth
infinity at the destination of the operation. However, in the same situation,
most OS's will perform a merge, rather than a DELETE. It is feared the DELETE is
counter to users expectations.

Raised by Kevin Wiggen:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-dist-auth/1999AprJun/0053.html



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Received on Thursday, 13 October 2005 15:16:18 UTC