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On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 19:28:42 +0000, Bo Berglund wrote: > For what is it used? > If we don't use reserved edits or locking files etc, do we still need > it? > It handles the live locks (that stop two people trying to commit at the same time). I wrote it to get around the 'waiting for unknown users lock' error which can happen with the old FS locks. It's also a lot safer on remote repositories, because you're not relying on the network filesystem synchronising its locking correctly. As a side effect it seems to be a bit faster. Tony