RE: Re: [viewvc-users] co/download option for allowed_view in viewvc.conf

michael, thanks for your reply..i can post a screen capture of my ViewVC but can find a file attach option here.. Please advise or i can send it to you directly ??

wayne





> On 07/08/2011 11:07 AM, wayne chan wrote:
> > hi viewvc discussion group,
> > 
> > i am puzzled about the download and co options for allowed_view in
> > viewvc.conf file. When both options are set there is no "co" tab in the
> > top menu bar but "download" tab. If i click "download" against a
> > directory object then i got the download dialog box prompting for
> > download location on my local system. If i click "download" against a
> > file object then i got the file content displayed on my browser.
> > 
> > If allowed_view is setup without "co" option the "download" tab is
> > available only for directory object and disappear when i navigate to file
> > object page.
> > 
> > This leads me to conclude the "download" and "co" options on allowed_view
> > share the same "download" tab interface. But "co" option only works
> > against file object and its function is to display the target file
> > content in svn "check-out" format !! It has nothing to do with svn
> > checkout action at all.
> > 
> > Is the above the correct behavior of "download" and "co" options setting
> > for allowed_view in viewvc.conf ??
> 
> Some of your confusion stems from the fact that "download" is not a valid
> value for the allowed_views configuration option.  :-)  This from
> viewvc.conf.dist:
> 
>   ## allowed_views: List the ViewVC views which are enabled.  Views not
>   ## in this comma-delited list will not be served (or, will return an
>   ## error on attempted access).
>   ## Possible values: "annotate", "co", "diff", "markup", "roots", "tar"
>   ##
> 
> Behaviorally, "download" and "co" mean exactly the same thing and are used
> somewhat interchangeably (for good or for ill).  I'm not sure why you see a
> download option at all for directories -- that's just weird.  Can you
> demonstrate this with some publicly available ViewVC instance so we can try
> to see what you're seeing?
> 
> As for your conclusion, you are basically correct.  It's a "checkout view"
> -- that is, what you would see if you checked out the file (presumably named
> for the RCS "co" helper program) -- not itself a version control checkout
> operation.
> 
> This has caused confusion for others, too.  As such, I've filed issue #490
> to track some terminological cleanup in this space.
> http://viewvc.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=490
> 
> Thanks for the report!
> 
> -- 
> C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato at collab dot net>
> CollabNet   <>   www.collab.net   <>   Distributed Development On Demand

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