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+From: Istvan Marko <notmuch@kismala.com>\r
+To: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: v4 of DB_RETRY_LOCK patches\r
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+Thanks for getting this into shape, LGTM.\r
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+FWIW, I have been running with DB_RETRY_LOCK for the past couple of\r
+months on a fairly large mail spool (500K emails), a high incoming\r
+volume and many tagging rules. So far it's been working great. No\r
+deadlocks, any delays waiting for locks are barely noticeable and it's\r
+so nice not having to deal with those annoying "already locked"\r
+failures.\r
+\r
+-- \r
+ Istvan\r