New branch based on optimize-pagespecs: remove pagespec_merge

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/todo/should_optimise_pagespecs.mdwn b/doc/todo/should_optimise_pagespecs.mdwn
index ebe0b5055..db7a017c4 100644
--- a/doc/todo/should_optimise_pagespecs.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/should_optimise_pagespecs.mdwn
@@ -98,4 +98,11 @@ I can think about reducung the size of my wiki source and making it available on
 >>>> I haven't actually deleted it), because the "or" operation is now done in
 >>>> the Perl code, rather than by merging pagespecs and translating. --[[smcv]]
 
+[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/remove-pagespec-merge author="[[smcv]]"]]
+
+>>>>> I've now added a patch to the end of that branch that deletes
+>>>>> `pagespec_merge` almost entirely (we do need to keep a copy around, in
+>>>>> ikiwiki-transition, but that copy doesn't have to be optimal or support
+>>>>> future features like [[tracking_bugs_with_dependencies]]). --[[smcv]]
+
 [[!tag wishlist patch patch/core]]
diff --git a/doc/todo/tracking_bugs_with_dependencies.mdwn b/doc/todo/tracking_bugs_with_dependencies.mdwn
index 80aaf3c39..a198530fc 100644
--- a/doc/todo/tracking_bugs_with_dependencies.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/tracking_bugs_with_dependencies.mdwn
@@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ account all comments above (which doesn't mean it is above reproach :) ).  --[[W
 >>>>> then the last definition (baz) takes precedence.
 >>>>> In the process of writing this I think I've come up with a way to change this back the way it was, still using closures. -- [[Will]]
 
+>>> Alternatively, my [[remove-pagespec-merge|should_optimise_pagespecs]]
+>>> branch solves this, in a Gordian knot sort of way :-) --[[smcv]]
+
 >>  Secondly, it seems that there are two types of dependency, and ikiwiki
 >>  currently only handles one of them.  The first type is "Rebuild this
 >>  page when any of these other pages changes" - ikiwiki handles this.