Re: [O] Bug: Recurring TODO spuriously blocked [7.7]

[Bernt Hansen]

address@hidden (François Pinard) writes:
>
> Whenever a TODO is scheduled with a recurrence (with .+ or ++), forcing
> the state to DONE is a mere way to trigger Org into setting the state to
> TODO again, yet with the scheduled date updated for the next repetition.
> Setting to DONE merely means that this repetition is done, which is not
> the same as being forever DONE.  In fact, setting a repeated schedule to
> DONE is really a way of updating the schedule; the intent relies on the
> mechanics by which the DONE state is just a transient way to TODO again.
>
> Now, within ~/.emacs, I have org-enforce-todo-dependencies set to t, for
> good purposes.  But then, I get spurious:
>
>    byte-code: TODO state change from TODO to DONE blocked
>
> trying to schedule the next repetition.  todo-dependencies should likely
> never be enforced for repeated entries, even if enforced otherwise, as
> enforcing for repetitions with the current Org mechanics has no meaning,
> at least as I undestand Org so far.

You can set a NOBLOCKING property to t to skip the dependency check for
repeated tasks.

* TODO Some Repeating Task
  SCHEDULED: <2011-12-16 Fri 15:30 ++1w>
  :PROPERTY:
  :NOBLOCKING: t
  :END:

Regards,
Bernt