bug#8736: chmod -p --parents

[Jim Meyering]

Jim Meyering wrote:
...
> Sorry to reject the idea, but if we were to accept new options too easily
> many of the coreutils programs would be larger and harder to maintain,
> for relatively little added value.  Part of our job as maintainers is
> to ensure that each new feature really is well justified.

Also, please ping the list before investing in even a small project
like this.  It's easier to discuss a proposal like this when there
isn't an already-written patch hanging in the balance.