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The WebDAV implementation in Archiva is provided by the Simple WebDAV Server Servlet implementation from Pier Fumagalli.

Highlights

• Archiva uses a Level 1 WebDAV Implementation.
  • No Locking
  • No Versioning
  • No Property Set
• Archiva violates the MKCOL spec to allow for proxying of content that doesnt' exist (yet) on the WebDAV server.

Litmus Analysis

Here is a WebDAV analysis as performed by the litmus webdav testing tool.

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• Installed per instructions at http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/Archiva+on+Tomcat^{Image Removed}
• 2 repos.
  • internal : with allowed releases and no snapshots.
  • snapshots : with allowed snapshots and no releases.
• Guest user configured with Global Repository Observer.
• Guest user configured with Global Repository Manager.

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