Re: [RFC PATCH] Introduce "precious" file concept

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Per Lundberg <per.lundberg@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> How about something like this:
> ...
> Would this be a reasonable compromise for everybody?

I do not think you'd need to introduce such a deliberately breaking
change at all.  Just introduce a new "precious" class, perhaps mark
them with the atttribute mechanism, and that would be the endgame.
Early adopters would start marking ignored but not expendable paths
with the "precious" attribute and they won't be clobbered.  As the
mechanism becomes widely known and mature, more and more people use
it.  And even after that happens, early adopters do not have to change
any attribute setting, and late adopters would have plenty of examples
to imitate.  Those who do not need any "precious" class do not have
to do anything and you won't break any existing automation that way.






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