RE: Re: [Issue 533] New - implement reserved checkouts

> From: Karl Fogel [mailto:kfogel@newton.ch.collab.net]
[....]
> In general:
>
> The need for *proactive* security is lessened when the system doesn't
> lose information. Retroactive security -- which typically causes much
> less inconvenience to users -- becomes a viable strategy. We have a
> versioning repository here, so why not use retroactive strategies?
>

This is true for normal systems, but some environments require ACLing
every operation that would cause something to behave out of the
ordinary. I think I wouldn't mind so much if the functionality was
optional on a given repository and have it default to on.

Bill

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Received on Fri Aug 2 22:03:53 2002