Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Linus

[Robert Collins]

On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 07:47, Tom Lord wrote:

> I have some questions: do CVS server-side hooks get to vote on whether
> or not a transaction completes?   

Yes.

> Do they get to postpone a second
> transaction until after the hooks from a first transaction completes?

They could, by bolting on a an external locking mechanism in the hook.
It would be hairy though, so lets say no.

> If the answers are both `no', then arch has server-side hooks in the
> CVS sense too.   If either or both answers are `yes', then, yes, it's
> reasonable to say there's a functional difference here.

Any word on whether you plan to apply Eric's patch, the one that gives
hook a pre-commit vote ?

Rob
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