Dear Daniel, On 30.09.2013, at 12:12, Daniel Molkentin <dan...@owncloud.com> wrote:
> This is on purpose. Syncing lock files is pointless in case of > ownCloud/Dropbox/younameit for a number of reasons: thanks for the quick and detailed response. If you assure me that this is indeed a lock file (which I had only suspected so far) I fully agree that not syncing it by default is the right choice. Warm regards, Stefan > 1. Lock files, just like other files, not be synched in time > 2. Suppose a users syncs a lock file and then goes on the plane with no > internet access -> He won't be able to edit his file > > The way to resolve conflicts between two editing files is via a sync conflict > (which now even gets reported). While this may not be ideal, it's the best we > can do atm. Dropbox claims it "respects" locks, and may actually do some > advanced magic (afaik they do not sync lock files, but get notified that a > file is locked and keep the file from syncing until the lock is gone > according to https://www.dropbox.com/help/52/en. Once the lock is gone, they > will re-enable syncing for this file. I fail to see how that prevents > conflicts in case of MS Office though). I do not agree that's a good idea, > for the above reasons -- Not being able to edit a file (or relying on > non-reliable locks) seems worse than having to merge two different versions > from time to time. > > Finally, it's not "hardcoded". Hover over the entry and it will tell you > where it is. You are free to remove it and see if the result works better for > you. In theory we could turn this into a setting (sync locks), but I'd want > to make very sure that syncing the lock files works as expected first, and > that it's good enough for some people, and (most important), why it's useful > in your use case. > > Cheers, > Daniel > > -- > www.owncloud.com - Your Data, Your Cloud, Your Way! > > ownCloud GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, Holger Dyroff > Schloßäckerstrasse 26a, 90443 Nürnberg, HRB 28050 (AG Nürnberg) > > _______________________________________________ > Owncloud mailing list > Owncloud@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud -- Dr. Stefan Vollmar, Dipl.-Phys. Head of IT group Max-Planck-Institut für neurologische Forschung Gleueler Str. 50, 50931 Köln, Germany Tel.: +49-221-4726-213 FAX +49-221-4726-298 Tel.: +49-221-478-5713 Mobile: 0160-93874279 E-Mail: voll...@nf.mpg.de http://www.nf.mpg.de
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