DAV locking (was Re: [Zope] File locking.)

Chris McDonough chrism@digicool.com
Tue, 26 Jun 2001 07:36:46 -0400


Jørgen Hermanrud Fjeld wrote:
> 
> Are there plans to add such a feature?

No plans that I know of..

 > Given Zope 2.4 supports file locking with WebDAV, aren't there
general
> locking mechanisms in Zope, thus it is only required to call the correct
> methods from the managment interface?
> Or is this not the case?

I'm not sure if I know enough about it, but I've heard that there are
issues involved with overloading the DAV locking stuff for use as a
general locking facility, and that's why it's not available now.  Sorry
I can't get more specific than that.

- C