Re: Binding access to ~/.notmuch-config

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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: Binding access to ~/.notmuch-config\r
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+Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net> writes:\r
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+> I agree. I see notmuch as a collection of CLI tools, some of which are \r
+> part of the distribution and others are written by myself for my \r
+> specific needs. I'd like them all to share a single configuration file. \r
+> In fact, I'd love to be able to add sections specific to my Python scripts.\r
+\r
+Yes, I understand that it's convenient, but the current set up is not\r
+really very robust.  The python bindings are making assumptions about a\r
+file format that has never been documented, and whose stability has\r
+never been promised. It's roughly like calling private functions not\r
+part of the published API. Sometimes it's the only way to do something,\r
+but that doesn't mean it won't break. I think we'll eventually want to\r
+provide some config related API, but having having arbitrary programs\r
+reading and writing this file isn't it, IMHO.  In particular upcoming\r
+changes may move some configuration items out of this file and into a\r
+library level configuration API.\r
+\r
+d\r