Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/3] Maildir custom flags and notmuch tags

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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: Jan Pobrislo <ccx@webprojekty.cz>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/3] Maildir custom flags and notmuch tags\r
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+Jan Pobrislo <ccx@webprojekty.cz> writes:\r
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+>\r
+> Every such maildir extension out there that I know of was invented for\r
+> some specific application. Out of the two documented formats there are,\r
+> the dovecot-keywords file is:\r
+>\r
+> 1) more limited (26 tags maximum)\r
+> 2) simpler to implement, especially wrt. detecting changes\r
+> 3) usable out of the box with some tools, as you noted\r
+\r
+Actually, I just mean the extra maildir flags. I guess only the dovecot\r
+sync tool syncs dovecot-keywords. And I don't think "notmuch+dsync\r
+users" is a very big group, fwiw.\r
+\r
+>> On the other hand, maybe not much change to the notmuch core would be\r
+>> needed to at least experiment with this, using e.g. hooks to\r
+>> notmuch-insert and notmuch-new.\r
+>\r
+> I was pondering this before and would find it rather neat, but it is\r
+> bit more complicated than it might first seem. The hook needs to be\r
+> able to add arbitrary files to be watched for changes and deduce from\r
+> that which files need their tags re-read.\r
+\r
+perhaps lastmod: queries can help here. that's more or less what they\r
+added for.\r
+\r
+d\r
+\r