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+From: Tomi Ollila <tomi.ollila@iki.fi>\r
+To: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>, Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>,\r
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+Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] lib: introduce notmuch_database_new for initializing\r
+ a database handle\r
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+On Tue, Dec 03 2013, David Bremner <david@tethera.net> wrote:\r
+\r
+> The first patch looks ok. I like the new API overall.\r
+>\r
+> As far as breaking contrib/notmuch-deliver, I'd rather fix\r
+> notmuch-insert than put effort into notmuch-deliver at this point. I\r
+> guess it could be a rough transition for people running notmuch-deliver\r
+> from git.\r
+>\r
+> Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> writes:\r
+>\r
+>> +/*\r
+>> + * XXX: error handling should clean up *all* state created!\r
+>> + */\r
+> is this a warning to future hackers or some current problem?\r
+>\r
+>> notmuch_status_t\r
+>> -notmuch_database_open (const char *path,\r
+>> - notmuch_database_mode_t mode,\r
+>> - notmuch_database_t **database)\r
+>> +notmuch_database_open (notmuch_database_t *notmuch, const char *path,\r
+>> + notmuch_database_mode_t mode)\r
+>> \r
+>> +/* Initialize a new, empty database handle.\r
+>> + *\r
+>\r
+> I wondered about making the new documentation adhere to doxygen?\r
+>\r
+>\r
+>> + if (notmuch_database_open (notmuch,\r
+>> + notmuch_config_get_database_path (config),\r
+>> + NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_ONLY))\r
+>\r
+> Would it make any sense to migrate the mode argument to an option\r
+> setting while we're messing with the API? \r
+\r
+if that, then also database_path to options ?\r
+\r
+I also like this suggestion best of all seen so far, but what if:\r
+\r
+ #define NOTMUCH_MAJOR_VERSION 0\r
+ #define NOTMUCH_MINOR_VERSION 17\r
+ -#define NOTMUCH_MICRO_VERSION 0\r
+ +#define NOTMUCH_MICRO_VERSION 90\r
+\r
+until changed API/ABI is set into stone (i.e. 0.18.0 at freeze time).\r
+\r
+\r
+Tomi\r