From: Sebastian Fischmeister Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 15:52:16 +0000 (+2000) Subject: Re: searching: '*analysis' vs 'reanalysis' X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9781bd98962ddaa356d4d75c181d4bd82ad7e36b;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: searching: '*analysis' vs 'reanalysis' --- diff --git a/be/b7db76dcc5d5180b69ca1f8d5927730d8d1796 b/be/b7db76dcc5d5180b69ca1f8d5927730d8d1796 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..87e8fe72d --- /dev/null +++ b/be/b7db76dcc5d5180b69ca1f8d5927730d8d1796 @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +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 C5C146DE0130 + for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2016 09:28:35 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -2.113 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.113 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.218, + RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, + 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 1ERuczGADDMQ for ; + Mon, 6 Jun 2016 09:28:27 -0700 (PDT) +X-Greylist: delayed 2164 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at arlo; + Mon, 06 Jun 2016 09:28:27 PDT +Received: from mailchk-m02.uwaterloo.ca (mailservices.uwaterloo.ca + [129.97.128.141]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 466EC6DE00DA + for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2016 09:28:27 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from connect.uwaterloo.ca (connhub2.connect.uwaterloo.ca + [129.97.149.119]) + by mailchk-m02.uwaterloo.ca (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id u56FqGlI024723 + (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); + Mon, 6 Jun 2016 11:52:20 -0400 +Received: from uwaterloo.ca (129.97.68.117) by connhub2.connect.uwaterloo.ca + (129.97.149.119) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.266.1; Mon, 6 Jun + 2016 11:52:16 -0400 +From: Sebastian Fischmeister +To: Gaute Hope , David Bremner , + +Subject: Re: searching: '*analysis' vs 'reanalysis' +In-Reply-To: <1465217156-astroid-4-8l08w9cils-2318@strange> +References: <1465196150-astroid-3-33kf2otxir-16915@strange> + <87lh2ijxor.fsf@tesseract.cs.unb.ca> + <1465217156-astroid-4-8l08w9cils-2318@strange> +Reply-To: +X-Homepage: http://esg.uwaterloo.ca +Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 11:52:16 -0400 +Message-ID: <877fe2tiy8.fsf@uwaterloo.ca> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-UUID: 096ded2f-43c3-4d65-9919-8fd424286ed0 +X-Miltered: at mailchk-m02 with ID 57559C30.000 by Joe's j-chkmail + (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! +X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99.1 at mailchk-m02 +X-Virus-Status: Clean +X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.9 + (mailchk-m02.uwaterloo.ca [129.97.128.141]); + Mon, 06 Jun 2016 11:52:21 -0400 (EDT) +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: Mon, 06 Jun 2016 16:28:35 -0000 + +>> It is not possible to use wildcards at the beginning of a term. +> +> after the current explanation to emphasize this limitation (possibly +> blaming Xapian to avoid futile requests). +> +> I think it is something many would expect (and want). The current +> description feels more like an example, and it is easy to make the +> assumption that it works for prefixing the terms as well - although, +> technically, nothing is promised in the original docs. + +I ran into this problem before as well. Storage is cheap. Notmuch could +index all emails with reversed text to get around some of this +problem. It doesn't solve the problem of *analysis*, but it's still an +improvement. + + Sebastian