From: David Edmondson Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:49:16 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Re: multiple machine tagging X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=58840cdf376468708f60591f0934ba9c5cc30b4f;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: multiple machine tagging --- diff --git a/55/e468b7ec80b26445d8e4811786607e8661fc5a b/55/e468b7ec80b26445d8e4811786607e8661fc5a new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3ecf22ecd --- /dev/null +++ b/55/e468b7ec80b26445d8e4811786607e8661fc5a @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56C0A431FB6 + for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:49:25 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.7 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled +Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id 8mtaLDqWpE5t for ; + Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:49:20 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com (mail-wi0-f178.google.com + [209.85.212.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 61A68431FAE + for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:49:20 -0700 (PDT) +Received: by mail-wi0-f178.google.com with SMTP id ho1so4220441wib.5 + for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:49:18 -0700 (PDT) +X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; + d=1e100.net; s=20130820; + h=x-gm-message-state:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent + :from:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; + bh=5InkWHwQwvapJBeWtuv/koIeOZPrnHRfgo0pDnuTwxg=; + b=JO1y/YKmrdjq7bBq8E1LPLUoQFBDvIDgFxFsnaT/I4IytJuvY5S54TBt1CIxyFRaL8 + Ea+io2BEmfaGjaauXpryF2RrCxZRvIxbv2CPr3bt3Grf3Rok16o4140PWIOI2p4L8U0h + KHO8aSGqaSqu3HMq3oxhZf/VeEsfr9+oLlldKNc2RSs24jCbL1VPGn4UDQs8zIXbb7OP + HnL77cdDs9X6gycCb+x5vEabMDbaxAXREic43BJf55lPOokGG7LXE7NsGhhybjmCV6wT + cgrjwM3Jw1vbdsexMVESLY6ge+2eEVdcRkW2eFHkJsuiwju5aS0BtjYK6p5Ivi45Dz2k + ZX5w== +X-Gm-Message-State: + ALoCoQm/58+UoTxOdkLAYr7jhymnV7kiRSnPUHZIVXJw1BLyso62uHA6r0ajIPSnjIWYY3r7196G +X-Received: by 10.180.75.229 with SMTP id f5mr3009119wiw.81.1410788957810; + Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:49:17 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from localhost ([2a01:348:1a2:1:f00a:9c2f:b998:3319]) + by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id xm4sm11750417wib.9.2014.09.15.06.49.17 + for + (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); + Mon, 15 Sep 2014 06:49:17 -0700 (PDT) +To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: multiple machine tagging +In-Reply-To: <87vdaj2d4p.fsf@ut.hh.sledj.net> +References: <87vdaj2d4p.fsf@ut.hh.sledj.net> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.18.1 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 + (x86_64-apple-darwin) +From: David Edmondson +Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:49:16 +0100 +Message-ID: +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +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: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:49:25 -0000 + +On Thu, May 20 2010, David Edmondson wrote: +(Wow, was it really more than four years ago?) + +> What's the current state of the art in merging tags from multiple +> machines? +> +> In my own case the contents of the mail store can be considered +> identical on the different machines. Automated tagging is mostly fine +> - it can just happen on each of the machines. Any hand-added tags are +> a problem, though. + +Is there any significant change to this picture? + +I've been backing up my tags using 'notmuch dump' and a simple "newest +wins" merge (so that I don't lose tags for messages that are not in the +database at the time of the dump) followed by git. + +This is okay for a backup solution (I've needed it a couple of times!), +but not ideal for a multi-machine environment.