Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

[yap_noel]

The patches are there for anyone to use.  Last I heard, all that's stopping
them from being included with the standard distribution are the lack of
test and doc patches.  You're welcome to work on them.  Welcome to the
world of open source.

Noel

The RCVS part on source forge seems to be dead.  Is anyone really
developing
locking for CVS?

address@hidden wrote:

> The most you could hope for in CVS is to install a patch that allows
> advisory locks -- reserved locks are counter to the purpose of CVS.  You
> can find a version of the patch (I think against cvs-1.11.1) at
SourceForge
> under project RCVS.
>
> Once the patch is installed, tell the users that they must have "cvs edit
> -c" and "cvs ci -c" in their ~/.cvsrc files.  Be sure to turn on
> notification as well.  The process they should follow is:
> 1. When intending to modify a file for checkin, "cvs edit" the file.
> 2. If the files are being edited by others, contact the other parties to
> minimize the chances of conflicts.
> 3. If the chances of conflicts is minimal or the others cannot be
> contacted, "cvs edit -f" the files.
> 4. If one receives notification about an as-yet-unknown edit, contact the
> editor to help minimize the chances of conflicts.
>
> Noel
>
> Hello all,
>
> Has anyone setup reserved checkout in CVS (ver 1.11.1p1) in Unix
> (Solaris)? Or is there any documentation on this other than the manual
> that comes with the source code?
>
> If there is any info., please email to address@hidden
>
> Many thanks in advance
>
> Andrew
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