--- Config.py
+++ Config.py
@@ -126,6 +126,17 @@
     else:
         _filters_re = None
 
+_scoring={}
+
+def setBadness(s, score):
+    _scoring[s] = score
+    setOption('UseBadness', True)
+
+def badness(s):
+    if _scoring.has_key(s):
+        return _scoring[s]
+    return 0
+
 _non_named_group_re = re.compile('[^\\](\()[^:]')
 def isFiltered(s):
     global _filters
--- Filter.py
+++ Filter.py
@@ -11,19 +11,27 @@
 import Config
 import Testing
 
+_badness_score = 0
+_diagnostic = list()
+
 def printInfo(pkg, reason, *details):
-    if _print("I", pkg, reason, details) and Config.info:
-        printDescriptions(reason)
+    _print("I", pkg, reason, details)
 
 def printWarning(pkg, reason, *details):
-    if _print("W", pkg, reason, details) and Config.info:
-        printDescriptions(reason)
+    _print("W", pkg, reason, details)
 
 def printError(pkg, reason, *details):
-    if _print("E", pkg, reason, details) and Config.info:
-        printDescriptions(reason)
+    _print("E", pkg, reason, details)
 
 def _print(type, pkg, reason, details):
+    global _badness_score, _diagnostic
+
+    badness = Config.badness(reason)
+    if Config.getOption('UseBadness'):
+        type = "W"
+        if badness:
+            type = "E"
+
     ln = ""
     if pkg.current_linenum is not None:
         ln = "%s:" % pkg.current_linenum
@@ -31,14 +39,16 @@
     if pkg.arch is not None:
         arch = ".%s" % pkg.arch
     s = "%s%s:%s %s: %s" % (pkg.name, arch, ln, type, reason)
+    if badness:
+        s = s + " (Badness: %d)" % badness
     for d in details:
         s = s + " %s" % d
     if Testing.isTest():
         Testing.addOutput(s)
     else:
         if not Config.isFiltered(s):
-            sys.stdout.write(s)
-            sys.stdout.write("\n")
+            _diagnostic.append(s + "\n")
+            _badness_score += badness
             return 1
 
     return 0
@@ -52,12 +62,56 @@
     except KeyError:
         pass
 
+def _diag_compare(x,y):
+
+    where_a = x.split()[2]
+    level_a = x.split()[1]
+
+    where_b = y.split()[2]
+    level_b = y.split()[1]
+
+    if (level_b > level_a):
+        return 1
+
+    if (level_b < level_a):
+        return -1
+
+    if (where_b < where_a):
+        return 1
+
+    if (where_b > where_a):
+        return -1
+
+    return 0
+
+def printAllReasons():
+    global _badness_score, _diagnostic
+    _diagnostic.sort(_diag_compare)
+    last_reason=''
+    for diag in _diagnostic:
+        if Config.info:
+            reason = diag.split()[2]
+            if reason != last_reason:
+                if len(last_reason):
+                    printDescriptions(last_reason)
+                last_reason=reason
+        sys.stdout.write(diag)
+    if Config.info and len(last_reason):
+        printDescriptions(last_reason)
+    _diagnostic = list()
+    return _badness_score > 1000
+
 _details={}
 
 def addDetails(*details):
     for idx in range(len(details)/2):
         _details[details[idx*2]]=details[idx*2+1]
 
+def BadnessScore():
+    global _badness_score
+
+    return _badness_score
+
 # Filter.py ends here
 
 # Local variables:
--- README
+++ README
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 					FilesCheck.py 
 SystemLibPaths		list of strings	('/lib', '/usr/lib', '/usr/X11R6/lib')
 UseBzip2		boolean		1
+UseBadness              boolean         0
 UseDefaultRunlevels	boolean		1
 UseEpoch		boolean		0
 UseIndexedJars		boolean		1
--- rpmlint.py
+++ rpmlint.py
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@
                 sys.stderr.write('Interrupted, exiting while scanning all packages\n')
                 sys.exit(2)
 
+        if printAllReasons():
+            sys.stdout.write('RPMLINT: E: BADNESS is %d - threshold exceeded. aborting the build.\n' % BadnessScore() )
+            sys.exit(1)
+
     finally:
         pkg and pkg.cleanup()