From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 13:16:40 +0000 (+2100)
Subject: Re: thread merge/split proposal
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Re: thread merge/split proposal
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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
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+Subject: Re: thread merge/split proposal
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+Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> writes:
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+> for (1) i'd propose that the join operation would be implemented by
+> adding a new term type "join", which can be applied to any document.
+> Its value is the message-id of a message that *should* be "in-reply-to"
+> but wasn't.
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+Having "split" terms or equivalently "signed" +-reference terms would
+allow more general thread splitting, effectively updating (via a little
+journal of additions and deletions) the references data stored in mail
+file.
+
+The implementation cost could not be that much higher than only
+join/unjoin; a bit more work managing the terms attached to a document
+to avoid contradictions.
+
+Both versions probably complicate some peoples syncing solutions.
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