Re: Versioning repository for docs, w/ minor open source theme

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Hi Jennifer,

First off, I don't know Frame so I don't understand that requirement.

Subversion uses a copy-modify-merge process of revision control and it sound
like you want a tool that follows the lock-modify-unlock process.  The
differences are described at http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch02s02.html

That said, Subversion does provide the ability to lock files.  Checkout the
svn:needs-lock keyword property and the no-unlock configuration option. 
Unfortunately these aren't documented particularly well in the Subversion
manual, but they are documented in the TortoiseSVN documentation: 
http://tortoisesvn.sourceforge.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/ch05s18.html

Cheers,

Geoff




Quoting Jennifer Rondeau <angelicatech -at- yahoo -dot- com>:

>
> WRT to Susan's inquiry about Subversion, but taking it
> a bit further in hopes of piggy-backing on the
> discussion, here's my current company's story:
>
> We currently use CVS for all version control (code and
> docs).  Our docs platform is currently structured
> Frame + WebWorks Pro (and some custom stuff in
> between).  We have a team of six writers, four or five
> of whom are sometimes deployed on the same Big
> Project.
>
> The problem with CVS is that we cannot check out to
> local sandboxes and retain Frame's file locking
> feature, nor can we effectively use Frame's WebDAV
> support.  The latest version (sorry!) of Subversion
> does support file locking.  Here's what the sysadmin
> for docs has to say about how to use Subversion to
> solve these problems (which may or may not be part of
> what you're dealing with, Susan):


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