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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

>> Otherwise I'd prefer to drop it---at this point, the series is merely
>> "just because we can", not "because we need it to further improve this
>> or that".
>
> Oh, I thought that this was meant as a starting point for anybody
> interested in playing with resumable clones or with easing server loads.

It started as such, but the effort stalled and nobody seems to be
taking it further.  I do not know it is clear it would be a good
starting point at this point.  Perhaps it is.