From: Joey Hess <joey@gnu.kitenet.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:07:48 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git.ikiwiki.info/srv/git/ikiwiki.info
X-Git-Tag: 3.20091017~28
X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/commitdiff_plain/f6402d22caeecf481826b60791d84cb53210f686?hp=129bde667604a73e26fce2491dd5e431aef143af

Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git.ikiwiki.info/srv/git/ikiwiki.info
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diff --git a/doc/todo/dependency_types.mdwn b/doc/todo/dependency_types.mdwn
index 1c2f579b3..2bdf1d6a3 100644
--- a/doc/todo/dependency_types.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/dependency_types.mdwn
@@ -552,22 +552,16 @@ operators. Currently, this turns into roughly:
 `FailReason() & SuccessReason(patch)`
 
 Let's say that the glob instead returns a HardFailReason, which when
-ANDed with another object, drops their influences. (But when ORed, combines
-them.) Fixes the above, but does it always work?
-
-"(bugs/* or link(patch)) and backlink(index)" =>
-`( HardFailReason() | SuccessReason(page) ) & SuccessReason(index)`` =>
-`SuccessReason(page & SuccessReason(index)` =>
-SuccessReason(page, index) => right
-
-"(bugs/* and link(patch)) or backlink(index)" =>
-`( HardFailReason() & SuccessReason(page) ) | SuccessReason(index)`` =>
-`HardFailReason() | SuccessReason(index)` =>
-`SuccessReason(index)` => right
-
-"!bugs/* and link(patch)" =>
-`HardFailReason() | SuccessReason(bugs/foo)` =>  
-`HardFailReason()` => right
+ANDed with another object, blocks their influences. (But when ORed,
+combines them.)
+
+Question: Are all pagespec terms that return reason objects w/o any
+influence info, suitable to block influence in this way? 
+
+To be suitable to block, a term should never change from failing to match a
+page to successfully matching it, unless that page is directly changed in a
+way that influences are not needed for ikiwiki to notice. But, if a term
+did not meet these criteria, it would have an influence. QED.
 
 #### Influence types