No, you cannot even alter the properties of an existing version with a PROPPATCH.
Compare Delta-V to other version control systems: In CVS you normally cannot modify an existing version, too. If you don't want to have a particular version created just don't check it in. Remember you can change the content and properties of a version controlled resource as often as you like. As long as you don't call CHECKIN you won't generate a new version. Ingo > Julian, Thanks for the reply. > > You are right in that versions should ideally be immutable. But I think > having a server side feature of overwriting the content would be certainly > nice, specially in situations where the authors/developers can be trusted to > decide whether or not to overwrite (to avoid proliferation of unwanted > versions). > > With reference to your reply below: Is it at least possible to > overwrite/modify Live Properties of earlier versions without creating a new > version? I tried passing the history URI of a VCR to the PROPPATCH method, > with a "set" action for one of its live properties, but I got a > "cannot-modify-version" error (403 status). If its possible to overwrite > such client set properties, could you please tell me what WebdavResource api > to use and what path to pass? > > Regards, > Ritu > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Julian Reschke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 10:28 PM > To: Slide Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Overwriting Version Content/Properties > > > Ritu Kedia wrote: > > > Thanks again Ingo > > > > I have yet another versioning question. I would really appreciate if you > > could please answer the following: > > > > The behavior that you have described below(i.e. multiple put and proppatch > > after checkout without creating multiple versions) is part of the > > checkout-in-place feature. Right? > > > > Is there any way to overwrite the content/properties of a particular > version > > without creating a new version? > > ... > > No. Versions are immutable (at least their content and their dead > properties). That's the whole point of having a versioning system, isn't it? > > Regards, Julian > > -- > <green/>bytes GmbH -- http://www.greenbytes.de -- tel:+492512807760 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
