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by Ericson2314 3458 days ago
> In addition to being patch-based, patches can be created today, but apply retroactively, or languish for years, then suddenly apply because a triggering event occurred.

Hmm, interesting! I always assumed the patch applied immediately but the new law might contain some "effective z/y/z, ...".

This is rather unfortunate (of course not your fault), because as we all know rebasing is not necessarily conflict-free.