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  • Committer: Martin Pool
  • Date: 2010-05-23 20:44:49 UTC
  • mto: This revision was merged to the branch mainline in revision 5252.
  • Revision ID: mbp@canonical.com-20100523204449-o0ai4aqwlu9i0cff
Clarify text about repository write locks in overview doc

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   * Digital Signatures
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   * Inventories for each Revision. (Must have all the file texts available).
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   * File texts
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 * Allows write locks to be taken out to prevent concurrent alterations to the repository.
 
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 * Synchronizes concurrent access to the repository by different
 
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   processes.  (Most repository implementations use a physical 
 
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   mutex only for a short period, and effectively support multiple readers
 
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   and writers.)
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Stacked Repositories
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