Hi Sergiu, Makes sense. Attachments are not very "Wiki like". Thanks Shiva
Sergiu Dumitriu-2 wrote: > > We can't automatically mark downloaded attachments as checked out (not > because it is impossible, but because it is not something we want). It > can be done using a custom velocity template for the attachment list, so > that a user can click on a "mark as checked out" link next to the > attachment, and other users will see who has checked out a document. > > goldring, richard wrote: >> Shiva, >> >> If users use XWiki as a way of managing document version then this >> scenario >> could happen. >> >> I guess it could be a future enhancement to provide checking out/in of >> documents to prevent other users accidently checking out documents >> another >> person is editing. This could be done manually by the users noting in the >> wiki page that they've checked out one or more documents though it would >> be >> better to have this feature built into XWiki. >> >> Regards, >> >> Richard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf >> Of Shiva Shankar >> Sent: 12 May 2008 20:02 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [xwiki-users] Attachement checkout >> >> >> Hi fellow XWikiers, >> >> Am curious to know how you have handled the apparent lack of checkout of >> attachments. Any insights will be useful on how to handle this scenario. >> >> 1. User X creates a page and attaches an Excel spreadsheet >> 2. User Y then downloads the excel and edits it >> 3. Before Y can upload the new version, X downloads it again and updates >> the >> excel >> 4. User Y uploads the excel >> >> Of course, X and Y can see what changed between the versions using tools >> provided by Excel but this is not very intuitive. > > > -- > Sergiu Dumitriu > http://purl.org/net/sergiu/ > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Attachement-checkout-tp17194080p17211350.html Sent from the XWiki- Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users
