[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Let's take a break from the regularly scheduled passive-agressive
> flamefest and think about an imaginary Versioning System (iVS)
> that meets the features that are being talked about. Here's the
> first thought off the top of my head:
>
> 1) Use some kind of MIME file-type mapping to control settings
> for locking/concurrency (so that your source files are controlled
> concurrently but images use hard locks)
>
> 2) Use similar by-file-type mappings to controll the diff and
> sync algorithms used (standard text diff for ascii or unicode,
> something like Xdelta for your PNGs)
>
> Such a system could be configured to behave no differently than
> the current CVS, or it could be configured to always require
> hard locks, or something in between.
>
> I suppose you could set the mappings by project subdirectory too,
> in case you wanted specialized control somewhere.
>
> Ok, everybody tell me why this can't be done or why I'm talking
> to the wrong list.
If images are using hard locks, why should you diff them? For what
purpose?
--
Harvey Stein
Bloomberg LP
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
