From: https://openid.stackexchange.com/user/bd7676f7-83b5-4a71-82a6-d4df0fab61ca Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:13:48 +0000 (-0400) Subject: can the 'add comment' form be generated and returned even if the srcdir is locked? X-Git-Tag: 3.20120202~67 X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/commitdiff_plain/99e644967c88a006117c629f275614741a82cb41?ds=sidebyside;hp=bbed2a9effc48ad293a5c7e9c7fc6fb21e61f3e7 can the 'add comment' form be generated and returned even if the srcdir is locked? --- diff --git a/doc/bugs/ikiwiki_overzealously_honours_locks_when_asked_for_forms.mdwn b/doc/bugs/ikiwiki_overzealously_honours_locks_when_asked_for_forms.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..05b4a453c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/ikiwiki_overzealously_honours_locks_when_asked_for_forms.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +When an `ikiwiki` instance is holding a lock, a web user clicking on "add comment" (for example) will have to wait for the lock to be released. However, all they are then presented with is a web form. Perhaps CGI requests that are read-only (such as generating a comment form, or perhaps certain types of edits) should ignore locks? Of course, I'd understand that the submission would need to wait for a lock. — [[Jon]]