As already mentioned in this thread, a capability similar to what svn or cvs offers would be sufficient.
That capability presented by centralised VCSen is entirely dependent on the fact that they *are* centralised. Using a distributed VCS means the same capability doesn't apply.
Why do you say that? People have demonstrated the contrary already.
I'm not sure what point you are trying to make
That I disagree with your position. You seem to think that the problem has an obvious solution, which is not true; and that choice of a distributed VCS should be delayed until the problem is solved, which I don't agree with.
But is *has* an obvious solution. See the implementation from Dj Gilcrease, or the spec that I just posted.
Your guess is incorrect; I've been bitten time and again by this problem in many different contexts, enough to know that it's not obvious what the “right” solution is.
The configuration options of svn have served us well enough. Regards, Martin