From: dm-list-email-notmuch Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 15:55:56 +0000 (+1700) Subject: Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD? X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5e3bb6e818e4ab4b6e20db57156aded5fd5df19b;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD? --- diff --git a/8d/651aec8ac13fe9f16c02eaede3528d9e22d022 b/8d/651aec8ac13fe9f16c02eaede3528d9e22d022 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..356147bd0 --- /dev/null +++ b/8d/651aec8ac13fe9f16c02eaede3528d9e22d022 @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +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 18B07431E64 + for ; Sat, 3 May 2014 08:56:07 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -2.3 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3] 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 mPQsSjWW9OWK for ; + Sat, 3 May 2014 08:56:03 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from market.scs.stanford.edu (market.scs.stanford.edu [171.66.3.10]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 989B4431FDA + for ; Sat, 3 May 2014 08:56:03 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from market.scs.stanford.edu (localhost.scs.stanford.edu + [127.0.0.1]) by market.scs.stanford.edu (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id + s43FtuTl013055; Sat, 3 May 2014 08:55:56 -0700 (PDT) +Received: (from dm@localhost) + by market.scs.stanford.edu (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id s43Ftu9N000645; + Sat, 3 May 2014 08:55:56 -0700 (PDT) +X-Authentication-Warning: market.scs.stanford.edu: dm set sender to + return-nerv6gmtbidcaxyx3prgnikhp6@ta.scs.stanford.edu using -f +From: dm-list-email-notmuch@scs.stanford.edu +To: Mark Walters , Jani Nikula +Subject: Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD? +In-Reply-To: <87zjiz8hft.fsf@qmul.ac.uk> +References: <87oazfo3w2.fsf@ta.scs.stanford.edu> <87zjiz8hft.fsf@qmul.ac.uk> +Date: Sat, 03 May 2014 08:55:56 -0700 +Message-ID: <87iopmonzn.fsf@ta.scs.stanford.edu> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 +Precedence: list +Reply-To: David Mazieres expires 2014-08-01 PDT + +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, 03 May 2014 15:56:07 -0000 + +Mark Walters writes: + +>> All the way back. Now you are saying there will be no convenient way to +>> match just the "mail.class" part without the year? How very +>> distressing. Ugh. +> +> Hi +> +> I am not quite sure what you are meaning by hierarchically group +> messages. Searching for path:dir/foo/bar/** should give all messages in +> all directories beneath dir/foo/bar. + +The problem is that the maildir++ spec disallows such pathnames. If I +need compatibility with maildir++ (for instance for an imap server), at +least on a per-year basis, then my maildirs have to have names like: + + 2013/.foo.foo + 2013/.foo.bar + 2013/.foo.baz + 2014/.foo.foo + 2014/.foo.bar + 2014/.foo.baz + +So if I want a way to aggregate all my foo mail in a single search, +right now I just ask for folder:foo. Will there be any equivalent in +the new notmuch? + +Thanks, +David