diff --git a/autodist b/autodist
index 54d3487..1bf0060 100755
--- a/autodist
+++ b/autodist
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ PIDFILE="/var/run/autodist/autodist.pid"
 # Configuration defaults normally overriden in configuration file
 AUTOBUILD_MAXNUM=50
 AUTOBUILD_DATEFROM=20070101
-GNOME_VER=2.24.0
 AUTODIST_REPOSITORY=
 SEND_SERVER=
 
@@ -471,17 +470,19 @@ function launch_pkgs_loop() {
    cross_target_cpu=""
    autodist_crossonly=""
    patch_operation=$operation
+   continue_on_error=
 
    for i in `seq 1 ${#JOB_VALUES[*]}`; do
       [ "${JOB_VALUES[$i-1]}" = "-" ] || \
       case ${JOB_VARNAMES[$i-1]} in
          %build_and_install)
 	    [ "$operation" = "build" ] && operation=buildinstall
-	    break
+	    ;;
+         %continue_on_error)
+	    continue_on_error=1
 	    ;;
          %*)
             echo "!! Warning: skipping unknown internal variable: ${JOB_VARNAMES[$i-1]}"
-	    break
 	    ;;
          autodist_crossonly)
 	    autodist_crossonly=1
@@ -637,8 +638,8 @@ function launch_pkgs_loop() {
                version_find_bigger "${passed_arguments/ *}" "$pkglinever"
                [ $? -eq 1 ] || {
                   echo "!! Warning: skipping ${pkg} package already up to date ($pkglinever >= ${passed_arguments/ *})."
-                  echo "%% Adding ${pkg} job to skipped list."
-                  echo "${pkg} $DATE_NOW 255" >> $SKIPPEDLISTDIR/auto.skip
+#                  echo "%% Adding ${pkg} job to skipped list."
+#                  echo "${pkg} $DATE_NOW 255" >> $SKIPPEDLISTDIR/auto.skip
                   [ "$do_autobuild" ] && autobuild_log $pkg $operation skipped $JOB_NAME
                   continue
                }
@@ -769,7 +770,7 @@ function launch_pkgs_loop() {
 		  }
 	          ;;
 	    esac
-	    [ $SEVERITY -gt 0 ] && {
+	    [ $SEVERITY -gt 0 -a ! "$continue_on_error" ] && {
                rm -f $tmpfile
 	       return $ret
 	    }
@@ -832,9 +833,11 @@ function launch_pkgs_loop() {
 		  fi
                   if [ "$operation" = "buildinstall" -o "${passed_arguments/--norpm}" != "${passed_arguments}" ]; then
                      # send operation: check for --norpm (source send) to avoid sending notification twice
-                     [ "$WEBBUILD_URL" -a "$WEBBUILD_USER" ] && \
+                     [ "$WEBBUILD_URL" -a "$WEBBUILD_USER" ] && {
+                        SPEC_VERSION=`grep -m1 "^Version:" $spec_dir/$pkg.spec | sed "s|Version:[[:space:]]*||"`
                         curl -s "$WEBBUILD_URL?REQUEST=message&USER=$WEBBUILD_USER&SECRET=$WEBBUILD_SECRET&USER_EMAIL=$WEBBUILD_EMAIL&\
-MESSAGE=`cgi_encodevar \"sent <b>$pkg</b> to <b>$SEND_SERVER</b>\"`" >/dev/null
+MESSAGE=`cgi_encodevar \"sent <b>$pkg $SPEC_VERSION</b> for ${TARGETARCH} to <b>$SEND_SERVER</b>\"`" >/dev/null
+                     }
                   fi
 		  ;;
 	    esac
@@ -849,11 +852,15 @@ function launch_job_loop() {
    # Iterates launch_pkgs_loop for each of the lines of current job
    # (defined from JOB_FIRST to JOB_LAST)
    # This is needed for build, send and install operations
+   numerr=0
    for j in `seq $JOB_FIRST $JOB_LAST`; do
       launch_pkgs_loop "$1" "$2" "${JOBS[$j]}" $j
-      [ $? -gt 0 ] && return 1;
+      if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
+         numerr=$(($numerr + 1))
+         [ "$continue_on_error" ] || return $numerr;
+      fi
    done
-   return 0
+   return $numerr
 }
 
 function log_date() {
@@ -963,18 +970,20 @@ if [ "$do_autobuild" = "1" ]; then
           continue
        }
 
-       # check skippedlist
-       SKIPPEDLINE=`awk '{ print $1" "$2 }' $SKIPPEDLISTDIR/*.skip | grep -m1 "^$PKGNAME "`
-       if [ "$SKIPPEDLINE" ]; then
-          set -- $SKIPPEDLINE
-          SKIPPEDTIME=$2
-          SKIPPEDDAYS=`expr \( $DATE_NOW - $SKIPPEDTIME \) / 86400`
-          if [ "$SKIPPEDDAYS" -le "$AUTOBUILD_SKIP_DAYS" ]; then
-             SKIPPEDCOUNT=`expr $SKIPPEDCOUNT + 1`
-#             echo "?= Package $PKGNAME has been in the skippedlist for $SKIPPEDDAYS days; skipping"
-             continue
-          else
-             sed -i "/^$PKGNAME /d" $SKIPPEDLISTDIR/*.skip
+       # check skippedlist (but ignore for scheduled updates)
+       if [ "${VERSION:0:1}" != "+" ]; then
+          SKIPPEDLINE=`awk '{ print $1" "$2 }' $SKIPPEDLISTDIR/*.skip | grep -m1 "^$PKGNAME "`
+          if [ "$SKIPPEDLINE" ]; then
+             set -- $SKIPPEDLINE
+             SKIPPEDTIME=$2
+             SKIPPEDDAYS=`expr \( $DATE_NOW - $SKIPPEDTIME \) / 86400`
+             if [ "$SKIPPEDDAYS" -le "$AUTOBUILD_SKIP_DAYS" ]; then
+                SKIPPEDCOUNT=`expr $SKIPPEDCOUNT + 1`
+                #echo "?= Package $PKGNAME has been in the skippedlist for $SKIPPEDDAYS days; skipping"
+                continue
+             else
+                sed -i "/^$PKGNAME /d" $SKIPPEDLISTDIR/*.skip
+             fi
           fi
        fi
 
@@ -1131,8 +1140,7 @@ for JOB_NUM in `seq 1 ${#JOBNAME[*]}`; do
 	 } || {
 	    [ "${AUTOSPEC_ARGS/--changelog}" = "${AUTOSPEC_ARGS}" ] &&
                AUTOSPEC_ARGS="$AUTOSPEC_ARGS --changelog \"automatic update by autodist\""
-            launch_pkgs_loop autoupdate "$AUTOSPEC_ARGS $SEND_FORCE \
-	    --define gnomever=$GNOME_VER"
+            launch_pkgs_loop autoupdate "$AUTOSPEC_ARGS $SEND_FORCE"
 	    ret=$?
 	 }
 	 if [ $ret != 0 ]; then
@@ -1176,8 +1184,7 @@ for JOB_NUM in `seq 1 ${#JOBNAME[*]}`; do
          # WARNING: JOB_VER must be passed to launch_pkgs_loop as the first string in the second parameter
          [ "${AUTOSPEC_ARGS/--changelog}" = "${AUTOSPEC_ARGS}" ] &&
             AUTOSPEC_ARGS="$AUTOSPEC_ARGS --changelog \"automatic version update by autodist\""
-         launch_pkgs_loop update "${JOB_VER:1} $AUTOSPEC_ARGS $SEND_FORCE \
-	    --define gnomever=$GNOME_VER" || {
+         launch_pkgs_loop update "${JOB_VER:1} $AUTOSPEC_ARGS $SEND_FORCE" || {
 	    if [ ! "$rebuild_packages" ]; then
                case $SEVERITY in
                   0) ;;