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From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Bisect dunno
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:47:48 +0200
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Geert Bosch <bosch@adacore.com> writes:

> On Oct 15, 2007, at 13:53, David Symonds wrote:
>> That's also why I suggested "skip"; you might not be able to test a
>> particular commit, but you might also not *want* to test a particular
>> commit for some reason.
>
> Skip seems a great choice: it directly expresses the wish to
> not consider a certain commit. The reason is unimportant.

But it is an _action_, while "good" and "bad" are properties.

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