ACLs in Subversion (was: Re: Authz)

On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 10:17:08PM +0200, Branko Äibej wrote:
> Sander Striker wrote:
> >As for "it has to be in the repos to work", yes, true. I think we came up
> >with implementing it using svn:acl properties. This is what I would like to
> >see as a priority item _post_ 1.0.
>
> Sadly, that won't work. You want to be able to change the ACL on an old
> version, so props aren't appropriate.

Right.

ACLs are a complete and total bitch when you have a versioning repository
with copy-by-reference.

* use ACLs that are path-based?
  - pro: works great for "going back in time" to protect content
  - con: fails once you make a copy

* use ACLs that are attached to an item?
  - pro: survives copies
  - con: back up one revision to avoid the ACL

At some point, we'll need to find a solution. But for now, I'm going to keep
my head from exploding and ignore the problem.

Cheers,
-g

-- 
Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@subversion.tigris.org