diff --git a/doc/todo/should_optimise_pagespecs.mdwn b/doc/todo/should_optimise_pagespecs.mdwn
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--- a/doc/todo/should_optimise_pagespecs.mdwn
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@@ -90,4 +90,10 @@ I can think about reducung the size of my wiki source and making it available on
 
 >>> I just wanted to note that there is a whole long discussion of dependencies and pagespecs on the [[todo/tracking_bugs_with_dependencies]] page. -- [[Will]]
 
+>>>> Yeah, I had a look at that (as the only other mention of `pagespec_merge`).
+>>>> I think I might have solved some of the problems mentioned there,
+>>>> actually - `pagespec_merge` no longer needs to exist in my branch (although
+>>>> I haven't actually deleted it), because the "or" operation is now done in
+>>>> the Perl code, rather than by merging pagespecs and translating. --[[smcv]]
+
 [[!tag wishlist patch]]