Re: CVS - setup reserved checkout

[Greg Cooper]

David Masterson <address@hidden> wrote in message news:<address@hidden>...
> >>>>> Andrew  writes:
>  
> > 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?
> 
> Given the CVS model of unreserved checkouts, why do you need reserved
> checkouts?  Also, are you talking about reserved checkouts of a file
> or an entire product?

We use CVS (ver 1.11) and we like the unreserved checkout model, but
the manager of a different project here wants to use our repository
only if we can enforce reserved checkouts on a per-file basis (they
don't want to use watches).  Is it possible (and manageable) to make
CVS do this?

Greg Cooper