On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 11:37 AM Eric Covener <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 12:21 PM Tim Bannister <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > The second time in a few days, I'm going to suggest adding an optional
> parameter to a directive.
> >
> > Taking a leaf out of cascading stylesheets, how about “Forbidden On
> Level=Important” and perhaps “Forbidden On Level=Indelible”?
> >
> > (the idea being that the “Indelible” level can't be removed).
> >
> >
> > This lets distributions ship a fairly safe default configuration but
> gives users enough scope to hang themselves. With this, “forbidden OFF”
> isn't so risky and “Forbidden Off Level=Important” can carry a health
> warning (and perhaps an ErrorLog warning as well).
> >
> >
> > Too complex or worth having? What do people think? If there's appetite
> for it then I will have  a go at providing a patch.
>
> What do currently active people think of the original basic "Forbid"
> or the one with tags/levels?
>

Most CSS experts will tell you that "!important" is bad and if you are
using it, you didn't design your site properly. As someone who does a lot
of config support, I also think this is overly complicated.

- Y

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