On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 7:02 AM, Alexander Klimetschek <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 00:21, ChadDavis <[email protected]> wrote: >> However, I'm unclear about what the purpose of the read-only checked >> out status is? Perhaps it doesn't necessarily provide anything to my >> simple system, but I'm interested in what cases this is useful . . . > > Citing the spec (2.0, section 15.3): > > The checked-out state indicates to the repository and other clients > that the latest version of N is “being worked on” and will typically > be checked-in again at some point in the future, thus creating a new > version. >
Yes. I have read the specification. But what I would like to hear is how people use it in their applications. I'm guessing it's something like checking the checked-out property before allowing a user to edit a document, and if it's check-out not letting them open it, unless in read only?
