Re: Org dependencies request

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

Hi Matt,

you can now set the NOBLOCKING property to turn off blocking for  
individual entries.

- Carsten

On Apr 8, 2009, at 12:34 AM, Matthew Lundin wrote:

>
> I have started using dependencies in org-mode to make sure that I have
> completed all todos in a project before marking it done. There are,
> however, some projects that I would like to exclude from dependency
> tracking. For example, I have a multi-step project for paying the rent
> every month:
>
> ,----
> | * PROJECT Pay Rent
> |   DEADLINE: <2009-05-01 Fri +1m -10d>
> |   :PROPERTIES:
> |   :LOGGING:  lognoterepeat
> |   :END:
> | ** TODO Check bank account to make sure there's enough money for  
> rent :computer:
> |    SCHEDULED: <2009-04-20 Mon +1m>
> | ** TODO Write rent check					       :home:
> |    SCHEDULED: <2009-04-30 Thu +1m>
> | ** Drop off rent						    :errands:
> |    SCHEDULED: <2009-04-30 Thu +1m>
> `----
>
> I would like to be able to switch the Pay Rent project to done in  
> order
> to add a note and timestamp to mark its completion. But my global
> dependency setting blocks this, since the todos below are repeating  
> and
> thus immediately get turned back to todos when they are done. Hence my
> request: Would it be possible to add a property that would prevent
> dependency checking on certain headlines? E.g.,
>
> :DEPENDENCIES: t
>
> or
>
> :DEPENDENCIES: nil
>
> Since we already have an ORDERED switch, I think this would be a nice
> addition.
>
> Thanks in advance for considering the request.
>
> - Matt
>
>
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