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 1ADCD431FB6 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:35:49 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] autolearn=disabled 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 bxXHEPijos5u for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:35:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tesseract.cs.unb.ca (tesseract.cs.unb.ca [131.202.240.238]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 706B1431FAF for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:35:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fctnnbsc30w-156034082078.dhcp-dynamic.fibreop.nb.bellaliant.net ([156.34.82.78] helo=zancas.localnet) by tesseract.cs.unb.ca with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UUmkV-0007oD-8K; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:35:47 -0300 Received: from bremner by zancas.localnet with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UUmkP-0004hk-FP; Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:35:41 -0300 From: David Bremner To: Felipe Contreras Subject: Re: [PATCH] debian: package ruby bindings In-Reply-To: References: <1365031678-25188-1-git-send-email-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> <87y5clte1j.fsf@zancas.localnet> <87wqs4rsjm.fsf@zancas.localnet> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.15.2+73~g1c450ec (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.2.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:35:41 -0300 Message-ID: <878v48om5u.fsf@zancas.localnet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam_bar: - Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list 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, 23 Apr 2013 23:35:49 -0000 Felipe Contreras writes: > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 5:34 AM, David Bremner wrote: >> >> OK, but that doesn't really help us deal with support requests e.g. on IRC. >> Some "feature requests" for the bindings: > > Can you point to some of these requests, or are they hypothetical? I don't know how many support requests we've got, but yes, I remember at least one. > Moreover, wouldn't making sure that the bindings are package mostly > solve this issue? Well, people wouldn't have to build and install the bindings, _if_ they happened to be using an OS with packages available. But not everyone uses binary packages. I guess for me it's just a software quality issue to have some minimal level of documentation. >> 1. Add a short README describing how to build, and how to read the docs >> (it looks like there is a public) >> >> 2. Add a couple tests at least reaching the (low) bar set by the python >> bindings >> >> 3. Build and install the docs locally as part of the (in-progress) >> debian package > > That would be good, but it's out of scope for this patch. That's why they're feature requests. On the other hand, there is some time to clean things up since I won't upload new packages to Debian before the next notmuch release. And I do consider uploading a package to Debian to be an extra personal responsibility, especially when it is part of notmuch that I am not maintaining. all the best, d