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From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Org-Mode and Task Dependencies
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David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com> writes:

> Simple question -- does org-mode handle task dependencies?  And, if so,
> how well?  In the outline form, I see you could setup parent-child
> relationships between tasks.  I'm looking for more of tasks that aren't
> related, but are dependent on each other.
>
> In particular, in a parent-child relationship, you might say "THIS task
> is done when all of THOSE tasks are done" whereas I'm looking for more
> of a "THIS task can be started when all of THOSE tasks are done".
>
> How would you set this up in Org-Mode?

Maybe what you are looking for is this section

    (info "(org) TODO dependencies")

in the manual.

-- 
Nick