Re: DAV lock-token decisions. (please read)

Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> ...
> Mike Pilato has an idea, though I'm not sure how I feel about it. He
> thinks that if the final MERGE request gets an error regarding header
> limits, it can re-try the commit using a new custom REPORT request.
> Kinda icky.
>
> Feelings? Should I just bite the bullet and implement a new custom
> REPORT? I wonder if ra_dav shouldn't just use the new REPORT-type
> whenever lock-tokens are present.
> ...

Please do not use REPORT for operations that have side effects (see
RFC3253, section 3.6). Faced with a similar issue in our server (yes,
it's also a RFC3253 server :-), we choose to use POST and just adopted
the message formats used in REPORT.

> ...

Best regards, Julian

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