This patch seems to have been forgotten. It looks good to me (although
I'm a little in doubt about the first part), and it's still valid.
Anybody interested?
Sander
On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 12:59:00AM -0800, Mason Thomas wrote:
> Hi,
> the following patch is a relatively minor suggested change for ch02.xml
> (chapter 2 of S:TDG).
>
> The first change may reflect my misunderstanding of locking versioning
> systems. As it stands ("All she can do is read the file...") the text
> implies that Jane can read the file but just not obtain a lock for
> editing. But what is to stop her from reading the file, waiting till she
> can acquire a lock, then editing the (out-of-date) version she has? My
> suggested change implies she cannot even read the file, but that may be
> wrong. Either way, the current text appears to suggest that locking
> doesn't prevent out-of-date problems from occurring.
>
> The 2nd change (the remainder) is to basically add mini-headings to the
> list of problems with the lock-modify-unlock model. I think this helps
> to make the failings more memorable and/or explicit to the reader. I
> used <emphasis> tags, but something else might be more appropriate.
>
> -Mason
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