From 3d1dc140ba45502cf5101a0524cd4c8e50197e57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:16:40 +2100 Subject: [PATCH] Re: thread merge/split proposal --- 06/69829303cc107d2a42defca4588e493daf86bb | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+) create mode 100644 06/69829303cc107d2a42defca4588e493daf86bb diff --git a/06/69829303cc107d2a42defca4588e493daf86bb b/06/69829303cc107d2a42defca4588e493daf86bb new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e0681ff10 --- /dev/null +++ b/06/69829303cc107d2a42defca4588e493daf86bb @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +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 1F11D6DE02BF + for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2016 06:16:54 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.019 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.019 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[AWL=-0.008, 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 LdUC1y_E9YC9 for ; + Sun, 10 Apr 2016 06:16:45 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from fethera.tethera.net (fethera.tethera.net [198.245.60.197]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BEC2E6DE00BD + for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2016 06:16:45 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from remotemail by fethera.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.84) + (envelope-from ) + id 1apFER-0002ak-Cj; Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:16:51 -0400 +Received: (nullmailer pid 21571 invoked by uid 1000); + Sun, 10 Apr 2016 13:16:40 -0000 +From: David Bremner +To: Daniel Kahn Gillmor , + Notmuch Mail +Subject: Re: thread merge/split proposal +In-Reply-To: <87k2kdutao.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> +References: <87mvp9uwi4.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> + <87k2kdutao.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.21+99~gd93d377 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.5.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 10:16:40 -0300 +Message-ID: <878u0l8uyv.fsf@zancas.localnet> +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: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 13:16:54 -0000 + +Daniel Kahn Gillmor writes: + +> 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. + +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. + +d + + + + -- 2.26.2