This has been discussed myriad times.
My take on it is: Reserved locks are usually (if not always) used to coordinate
developers. Communication is an alternative (preferred) mechanism to coordinate
developers. "cvs edit" and family increase communication. The "cvs edit -c"
patch promotes (but does not force) earlier communication. Therefore, depending
on your environment, either use "cvs edit" or the "cvs edit -c" patch. If you
want the patch, I can mail it to you.
The only reason I can see to prefer reserved locks is when "other" developers
cannot be trusted.
Noel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on 04/18/2000 07:53:09 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc: (bcc: Noel L Yap)
Subject: exclusive locks on files
hello,
I wonder if it is possible to obtain an exclusive lock to a cvs-ed file,
and prevent other users to
unlock it?
I tried 'cvs lock myfile.txt', but other users can unlock it using 'cvs
unlock myfile.txt'...
thank you very much,
Stan.
