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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: "Alexey I. Froloff" <raorn@raorn.name>\r
+Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib: Add a new prefix "list" to the search-terms syntax\r
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+"Alexey I. Froloff" <raorn@raorn.name> writes:\r
+\r
+> On Sat, Apr 06, 2013 at 08:54:59AM -0300, David Bremner wrote:\r
+>> On the other hand, _notmuch_message_gen_terms does return a status. I\r
+>> agree that currently this status is not useful, but that could change in\r
+>> the future. I also agree that the existing code does the same thing in\r
+>> a few places, but I think it's better not to introduce more.\r
+> Well, this is an adaptation of earlier patch, posted in this list\r
+> some time ago.\r
+\r
+Sure, no blame attaches. But somebody still needs to fix the patch or\r
+convince us it doesn't need fixing. \r
+\r
+> Personally I see no reason in indexing list description.\r
+\r
+That's an independent question. I guess there is the question of how\r
+much overhead this introduces into \r
+\r
+>> Any objections to the list: syntax? The only issue I see is that at\r
+>> some point we will probably add a generic header search syntax, and this\r
+>> implicitly says list-id is more important/common than other headers.\r
+> Actual list ID differs from List-Id header value. I can't give\r
+> an example of other message header with similar syntax other from\r
+> From/To/Cc, but those headers already specially processed.\r
+\r
+OK, that part seems relatively convincing to me.\r
+\r
+d\r