Re: locking a file renders repos unusable with older clients

On Mar 26, 2005, at 11:22 AM, Greg Hudson wrote:

> On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 09:26, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
>> Any program that links to libsvn_repos 1.2, and then opens a
>> repository,
>> will auto-upgrade the repository's 'format' file. This could be an
>> svn
>> 1.2 client using file:///, or it could be *any* version of mod_dav_svn
>> or svnserve that just happens to link to the libsvn 1.2 libraries.
>
> Here's an idea I don't think anyone has come up with yet:
>
> Disable locking by default in 1.2. Turning on locking implies a format
> bump.

After another hour of discussion, cmpilato, fitz and I are in favor of
this idea.

What we'd like to see:

    * upgrading to 1.2 libraries doesn't make locking appear, doesn't
affect existing repositories in any way. Attempts to use locking APIs
against the repository result in unsupported-feature errors.

    * admin runs 'svnadmin upgrade', which:

         - bumps the repos format number (thus blocking older ra_local
clients)

         - creates 4 new locking-related hook templates

    * subsequent attempts to use locking APIs against the repository are
successful; the fs implementations notice that the the format number
is "high enough", and therefore auto-create the new locking tables
and/or dirs.

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Received on Mon Mar 28 19:23:07 2005