>
> It should be rare that two users try to modify the disk copy of a
> project at the same time. In most situations filesystem permissions
> should prevent this from happening.
>
Not unlikely on our setup. We intentionally have extremely loose file
permissions across our system ( and extensive NFS crossmounting) so
people can get at each others data (e.g. to find old projects, or for
supervisor/helpers).
> More likely is that one user accidentally/intentionally opens two
> copies of the same project. Under such circumstances, it would be nice
> to warn the user of the dangerous waters they have entered - you might
> not want to disable functionality because who knows precisely why the
> second copy had been opened.
>
Agree
Jeremy
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