Agreed! Thank you Krishna and James.I wrote this up. Please see FSIP-7: traditional merge strategy <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/FSIP-7%3A+traditional+merge+strategy>.
Feedback welcome! Please comment on or edit the wiki page directly. I'll let that proposal marinate for at least 72hrs before starting a vote.
Ádám Sághy: I put you down as "reviewer" because we discussed it 1:1, but I don't mean to force you into that role. Your call.
