[GSoC update] Sequencer: Dealing with historical mistakes

Hi,

Junio suddenly raised some very disturbing concerns about the overall UI consistency wrt '--continue'. I'm really glad he raised it before we locked ourselves into yet another UI mistake. Work on the generalized sequencer series has totally halted since, and I've been pondering about what to do. After some thought, I've tried to untangle the various issues and add something useful to the discussion [1]. I'm somewhat annoyed that we're stuck with these historical mistakes, and I hope that our future design isn't constrained too badly.

Otherwise, I've requested Junio to merge 'rr/cherry-pick-continue' as-it-is, since it doesn't have any major issues. The generalized sequencer series itself will take some more time- we have to decide the final implementation details at the end of the discussion. Also, the GSoC is drawing to a close, and I plan to post a somewhat elaborate final update. If there's something in particular you'd like to see in it, do let me know.

Thanks for reading.

[1]: http://mid.gmane.org/CALkWK0noHBnW-7zZLw=jJdDVFxXmsm2vHHYnUJc9miLLuDRnAg@mail.gmail.com

-- Ram