[opencms-dev] Re: External editing

[M Butcher]

Ahmed Mohombe wrote:
> M Butcher wrote:
> 
>> Oh, I see... the client part would function more like the TortoiseSVN 
>> client (Windows client for Subversion) -- it's main job would be to 
>> synchronize between a remote and a local CMS repository.
> 
> I thought that WebDAV does such a thing. The "client to be implemented" 
> would be just a bridge between the WebDAV client and the desktop 
> applications (those who does not speak WebDAV), and to start them.
> (looking in the source of that Zope module: does not seem to do more :) )
> Am I right, or did I understood something wrong? :)

IIRC, WebDAV has no concept of locking or stateful editing. I don't know 
of any extensions that do, either. That's why I think a WebDAV solution 
would require a lot of work (though I'm sure it is possible).

Subversion, of course, uses WebDAV as its transport protocol.

Matt