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

Per Lundberg <per.lundberg@hibox.tv> writes:

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.