Re: [boost] Should auto-props svn:need-lock be used for some file types?

From: Doug Gregor (dgregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-18 12:02:46

On Oct 14, 2007, at 12:39 PM, Henrik Sundberg wrote:

> Looking at http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/BoostSubversion MIME
> Types and End-Of-Line Styles, I realized that svn:need-lock wasn't
> used at all.
>
> I've read http://blogs.open.collab.net/svn/2007/07/from-the- 
> questi.html
> but am not sure if I think it should be used anywhere anyway.
>
> What is the reason for Boost not to use svn:need-lock for eg image  
> files?

We don't tend to do anything very interesting with image files (they  
are updated very rarely), so we never considered requiring locking  
for these files.

        - Doug