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Re: svn commit: r12241 - trunk/notes/locking

From: Peter N. Lundblad <peter_at_famlundblad.se>
Date: 2004-12-10 19:16:57 CET

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:

>
> On Dec 9, 2004, at 8:52 PM, Branko Čibej wrote:
> >>
> > Oy, wait a minute. I thought the expiration date was there only to
> > support generic DAV clients, and that our client should know nothing
> > about it. So why store it in the WC?
> >
>
> The svn_lock_t structure is defined in svn_types.h, available to every
> library on both sides of the network, and is totally transparent.
>
> We agreed that svn clients wouldn't ever have a UI (or API) to *set*
> expiration dates -- that 'svn lock' would always create a non-expiring
> lock. Only mod_dav_svn would allow generic DAV clients to set
> expiration times.
>
> Still, I don't see why would should "hide" the expiration_time field of
> an svn_lock_t from anyone. It's still an important piece of

Since the client will never set an expiration date and the lock
information will only be stored for locks created using the current
working copy, what's the point in storing an expiration time that will
never be there?

Regards,
//Peter

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