Re: mod_dav_lock and Adobe Framemaker was Re: Where is mod_access??

[Christopher Jastram]

Justin Erenkrantz wrote:

--On Wednesday, November 26, 2003 15:51:23 -0500 Christopher Jastram 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

My boss found subversion+webdav, and wants it implemented for use with
Adobe FrameMaker.  So, I need dav_lock (without it, framemaker can load
from dav, but cannot checkin or checkout).


FWIW, that combination works fine with Framemaker 7.x, but Frame likes 
to keep exclusive locks for the duration of the editing session.  
That's not too cool for most real-world work groups.

So, we settled upon just having people use SVN working copies and 
doing 'manual' merges whenever there was conflicts.  (The compare 
documents feature in Frame worked well for resolving conflicts.)  -- 
justin

Interesting.  I haven't had the opportunity to play with Frame and dav, 
but I assumed that Frame would require a locking rather than a merging 
version system.  I think that we will end up doing just what you said.

Another idea: when Frame checks a document in, use fmbatch on a Solaris 
box to convert the document to MIF.  When frame checks it out, convert 
back to FM format.  Does anybody know of any sample svn hook scripts to 
accomplish this?  (Wrong list, sorry)

chris