Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Preventing matches in regular expressions

[Florian Weimer]

* Stefan Monnier:

> I'd rather change the way Arch works: process the directives in the order
> in which they appear in the file.

This changes interpretation of existing project trees, so you'd have
to add an additional flag to activate this mode.

> That would also make it easier for a human to read and understand a
> .arch-inventory file since she wouldn't need to remember the
> detailed ordering in which rules are applied.

Yes, this is likely to increase usability.