> > No, the icons cannot turn red when the repository changes. That would
> > mean contacting the repository regularly to check. That means a
> > permanent network connection is required. now imagine thousands of
> > developers on the Apache or Gcc projects all doing that simultaneously
> > and think about the server load ...
>
> However, not all projects are developed by thousands of people. I guess
> most projects have only few developers, and likely they are within a
> LAN.
>
> How much traffic would it be? I don't think that it is much. So why not
> add this feature as an option that can be turned on or off somewhere?
> Would be nice if one could see that something has changed.
>
> Don't you think that it is considerable?
Is it possible (or feasible) add an option for client tell server when
it started changing a file (like a lock without locking), make
this information avariable for other people using the same file and, maybe,
send it for all people working in this file.
I think it is a ruge improvement for very big teams.
Especially for very complex or safe critical applications.
Braulio Marques Horta
Received on Wed Oct 17 15:22:01 2007