Re: [RFC] database: get and set mapping of dovecot compatible maildir keywords

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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: Michal Sojka <sojkam1@fel.cvut.cz>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: Re: [RFC] database: get and set mapping of dovecot compatible\r
+       maildir keywords\r
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+David Bremner <david@tethera.net> writes:\r
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+> Michal Sojka <sojkam1@fel.cvut.cz> writes:\r
+>\r
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+>> I'd prefer having the mapping stored in the config file rather than in\r
+>> the database. This would allow me to synchronize the configuration\r
+>> between multiple computers. Would there be some benefit of having the\r
+>> mapping (also) in the database?\r
+>\r
+> In retrospect, probably not that great a benefit, except I kindof\r
+> dislike the idea of putting the mess that is notmuch-config.c into the\r
+> library, so we'd likely have to deal with coming up with a clean config\r
+> file mechanism.\r
+\r
+One issue such a configuration mechanism would have to deal with that\r
+the current one does not is concurrent access by multiple clients. This\r
+is not impossible, but just another complication.\r
+\r
+d\r