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Re: autoversioning -- on or off by default?

From: Max Bowsher <maxb_at_ukf.net>
Date: 2005-03-21 18:12:39 CET

Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> When installing mod_dav_svn, should autoversioning be 'on' or 'off'
> by default?
>
> * cmpilato feels that one the original motivations for using
> apache/HTTP/DAV was the long-term promise of being able to use generic
> DAV clients against a repository. Therefore, as of svn 1.2, he thinks
> autoversioning should be considered a "core feature" of mod_dav_svn,
> and that it should be turned on by default.
>
> * I'm still a bit recicent about that. I feel like opening a
> repository to a bunch of DAV clients might lead to a lot of extra
> commits, lots of extra noise in the commit logs. I feel like an
> adminstrator should understand the implications of autoversioning, and
> thus be forced to turn it on.
>
> Do others on this list have strong opinions either way? We'd like to
> hear them.

I agree entirely with the 'off by default' reasoning.

Max.

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