Tom Wijsman posted on Sun, 15 Jun 2014 14:19:54 +0200 as excerpted: > On Sun, 15 Jun 2014 16:06:57 +0700 "Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov" > <m...@mva.name> wrote: > >> My idea is to allow failing for some patches without breaking build at >> all. And, in parallel, to add groupping. >> >> [...] >> >> Any objections/approvals/suggestions? > > What are the use cases of this idea? What is its goal? > > In my use case, I've found or written patches with a permanent purpose; > therefore, I'd like the patches to apply or die hard with a purpose. > I can't imagine an use case where you don't want them to apply.
Indeed. If the patches no longer apply, I want to know it so I can either clean them out or generate fresh patches that apply to the new code. So far you (OP) have unanimous rejection, but that may simply be because we don't see that use-case. So let's see the use-case first, and if that is agreed to be useful enough, there's still some change to either change opinion, or perhaps come up with a less objectionable way to support that use-case without the severe down sides of the current proposal. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
