On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Ben Reser <b...@reser.org> wrote: > On 1/15/14, 9:52 AM, Branko Čibej wrote: > > There's probably a good reason why we didn't implement directory locks > > when the locking feature was developed. In any case it's not a trivial > > feature. > > I don't recall what the reason was at the time, but I'd bet it was just a > pain > to deal with the inheritance and since most people were satisfied with file > locks, everyone just stopped there. >
It would not be hard to rattle off half a dozen scenarios where it is not obvious what the behavior should be. Would not be surprised if it was punted to the future so that *something* could be delivered. -- Thanks Mark Phippard http://markphip.blogspot.com/