thank you, and I appreciate your quick reply. Cheers, Paul --- Noel Yap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Paul Tomsic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, Noel. > > Sorry to email you directly, but I was going thru > > the > > archive of the CVS mailing list and found an > answer > > that you posted on 24.may.2002 regarding "reserved > > locks" > > Please send requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the > future. (Also, a more specific Subject: would be > nice; I typically delete email with very general > subjects). > > > I "think" that we need to use reserved locks b/c > > we've > > got multiple developers using the same "workspace" > > b/c > > it's a web project. It doesnt' seem to make sense > > (to > > me) to have each developer use their own > workspace, > > b/c to see their changes, they'd have to have a > > virt.web server pointing to their workspace, no? > > > > Am I way off the mark here? > > > > I'm new to the CVS implementation, so I'm open for > > suggestion. We're developing a web-app using > > JSPs/APACHE/Tomcat and beans. > > CVS is horrendous when sharing working directories. > I > think it has something to do with file ownership and > possibly permissioning. > > One can view working directories as virtual > branches. > If one has a working directory per task, one can > separate each change set from the others. So, my > usual advice is to have one separate working > directory > for each task or change set (and thereby use a form > of > the Branch Per Task Pattern as described at > http://www.enteract.com/~bradapp/acme/branching/patterns.html#BranchPerTask). > > Since you're using Apache/Tomcat, it shouldn't be > too > difficult for each developer to have their own > web/app > servers running and pointing to their own working > directories. > > Going back to "reserved locks", the patch has been > renamed to the more appropriate "advisory locks" > since: > 1. It's up to the users to place advisory locks. > 2. Users can override advisory locks. > > whereas, IMHO, reserved locks are forced by the > server > and cannot be overridden by the user. > > HTH, > Noel > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
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