From: David Bremner Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 23:50:54 +0000 (+0900) Subject: Re: thread merge/split proposal X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2290ee284139b3a5ed1783d9ddfa371b6414eb88;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: thread merge/split proposal --- diff --git a/32/d86e2c1458c5f86efd051a34afbacc942dba65 b/32/d86e2c1458c5f86efd051a34afbacc942dba65 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..34c83a460 --- /dev/null +++ b/32/d86e2c1458c5f86efd051a34afbacc942dba65 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 165B76DE00DF + for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2016 16:51:12 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.008 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.008 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.003, + SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=disabled +Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id 9AwDjIvmL6MY for ; + Sat, 6 Aug 2016 16:51:03 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from fethera.tethera.net (fethera.tethera.net [198.245.60.197]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 945936DE00C9 + for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2016 16:51:03 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from remotemail by fethera.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.84_2) + (envelope-from ) + id 1bWBN5-0005rh-Fy; Sat, 06 Aug 2016 19:51:15 -0400 +Received: (nullmailer pid 28572 invoked by uid 1000); + Sat, 06 Aug 2016 23:50:54 -0000 +From: David Bremner +To: Daniel Kahn Gillmor , + Notmuch Mail +Subject: Re: thread merge/split proposal +In-Reply-To: <87d1pvsjfx.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> +References: <87mvp9uwi4.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> + <87k2kdutao.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> <878u0l8uyv.fsf@zancas.localnet> + <87egabu5ta.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> <8737qr7ig6.fsf@zancas.localnet> + <87d1pvsjfx.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.22.1+61~g2ce0f13 (https://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.5.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2016 08:50:54 +0900 +Message-ID: <878tw98nj5.fsf@maritornes.cs.unb.ca> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2016 23:51:12 -0000 + +Daniel Kahn Gillmor writes: + +> That still doesn't cover the "notmuch unjoin" semantics i'd sketched out +> earlier, though. that might need to be a different use case. +> +> The semantics would be something like: +> +> break the selected threads into threads based solely on their +> References headers (including any manual reference terms) using +> connected component analysis, restoring the threading to what would be +> produced on a clean import. + +One thing I haven't understood is if the problem this is working around +is unavoidable due to the order messages arrive (or some other factor) +or if this is just a workaround for bugs in the threading algorithm. I'm +guessing the former, but can you explain why the problem is intractable +enough that the right answer is to reindex a thread (btw, that might be +a UI, to use the reindex command introduced in your indexed plaintex +patches). + +d