Return-Path: X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 301CB40DDD0 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:42:22 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.899 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.899 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY=0.001] autolearn=ham Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id nSG2YfUv3oNa for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:42:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from rodolpho.mayfirst.org (rodolpho.mayfirst.org [209.234.253.107]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1E05640DBFA for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:42:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rodolpho.mayfirst.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAA643CD51 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:42:09 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at rodolpho.mayfirst.org Received: from rodolpho.mayfirst.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rodolpho.mayfirst.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id PCus6sbkwAL2 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:42:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: smtpauth@rodolpho.mayfirst.org) with ESMTPSA id A1B533CD4C Message-ID: <4CE2ECA1.3030108@fifthhorseman.net> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:42:09 -0500 From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100918 Icedove/3.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: notmuch Subject: Re: `notmuch setup` replaces `~/.notmuch-config` instead of truncating it References: <87sjz1dr0j.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org> <4CE2EB89.5040209@fifthhorseman.net> In-Reply-To: <4CE2EB89.5040209@fifthhorseman.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 OpenPGP: id=D21739E9 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig93182DC563F30DE37814911F" X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: notmuch List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:42:22 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig93182DC563F30DE37814911F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/16/2010 03:37 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 11/16/2010 03:26 PM, Ciprian Dorin, Craciun wrote: >> So in the light of the above quoted "glitches", my question is: >> due to the small chance of a power loss happening right when we write >> such a small file, doesn't the inconvenience weight more than the >> (fairly remote probable) file loss? >=20 > What inconvenience? The inconvenience of writing the code correctly? Ah sorry -- on re-reading, i see you're probably referring to the inconvenience of breaking hardlinks, dropping permissions, ACLs and other metadata. That's an open question, as far as i'm concerned. it'd be nice if there was a way to "clone" a file's permissions and metadata to get the best of both worlds. maybe someone knows some tricks to do that? --dkg --------------enig93182DC563F30DE37814911F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJM4uyhAAoJEMzS7ZTSFznpSi4QAIzM5vIj+ACPJZNGRfD2dEu9 wReXfq5Mkj633j16PHwX8oxO3AqotLJGMDqa2cpc6T4LbdAX92pXIovY95BXq8ew HuWuz2ADIXM+Mqzh1dpjw04vXFXF5syphw7wPxXd8JjEjO4mcGgYZaTpmwdwn/gU 80qdRRL5DXE8GHBq1zpgmjWAd6xixoSgR3HKLWzM6xf64BbbqSJu0hKe9zl6wNzk 8wWXB0udmlNyXFiXJbL+OvEDx9bu1ut/V+H+Y3Dge1wPhH0DIe7ek6mXmqoXpRDd Hrw+rTfYWzwBTkULqdf+Pvcj9qqrBYmnUZ3Mea6htQN2yaC/p9XP9DU+YhycuMpw /MC6R8k5LIECGcGMgRbbMY5PZcR4X9rntflvaeqPaT4BICCuEB19TwPckH7hYriJ hey4nX4rjkC+6D25V+QfHYbE6+X33vO7yU2HKJ9oieB/jybYnlojObYH/WAbMqHz eQXVkI7qQvVmxvBUXxIa59RSkim6EyHogdx6/lpMi9s0MPaoy4KkBbhWxIZOmQ5d sIJVqCd9wxRiC29XrzPIHGg6G8UFPsAgZ1VP0pQWw6F3B9nYAd2nMlzdJGqBVCUa zdw5p1SwKpoUTomOiFnckpJxPbCKGoi/R6ziT4EvSZ4mbnkTULKKJaW25GPdDb79 tfCFw56vuK5+1+BkgajB =xjQm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig93182DC563F30DE37814911F--