From 5ab8d3a91c7266a1f6f5fd7c54f5a47de82b2619 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 19:21:18 +2000 Subject: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH 0/5] lib: make folder: prefix literal --- 8c/74eb5977ff535c26ffb2d86c8c0579e80f4eb8 | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+) create mode 100644 8c/74eb5977ff535c26ffb2d86c8c0579e80f4eb8 diff --git a/8c/74eb5977ff535c26ffb2d86c8c0579e80f4eb8 b/8c/74eb5977ff535c26ffb2d86c8c0579e80f4eb8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e5530061e --- /dev/null +++ b/8c/74eb5977ff535c26ffb2d86c8c0579e80f4eb8 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +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 76846431FBD + for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:21:35 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] + 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 gnuXrF8v2DrE for ; + Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:21:31 -0800 (PST) +Received: from yantan.tethera.net (yantan.tethera.net [199.188.72.155]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5DE54431FB6 + for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:21:31 -0800 (PST) +Received: from remotemail by yantan.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.80) + (envelope-from ) + id 1W6q3u-0006dO-LN; Fri, 24 Jan 2014 19:21:22 -0400 +Received: (nullmailer pid 8122 invoked by uid 1000); Fri, 24 Jan 2014 + 23:21:18 -0000 +From: David Bremner +To: Austin Clements , Jani Nikula , + notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] lib: make folder: prefix literal +In-Reply-To: <87y525m649.fsf@awakening.csail.mit.edu> +References: + <87y525m649.fsf@awakening.csail.mit.edu> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.17+35~g3b36898 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.3.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 19:21:18 -0400 +Message-ID: <874n4totjl.fsf@zancas.localnet> +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: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 23:21:35 -0000 + +Austin Clements writes: + +> On Thu, 09 Jan 2014, Jani Nikula wrote: +> +> I strongly disagree with requiring the cur/new component. The cur/new +> directory is an internal implementation detail of Maildir (and a rather +> broken one at that) and no more a part of the "folder" of a piece of +> mail than its final file name component. It's also the less obvious +> user interface; if we require the cur/new component, we *will* get +> people asking why their folder searches aren't working, but if we strip +> the cur/new component, nobody will be surprised. +> + +My gut instinct agrees with Austin here, at least for a prefix named +"folder". Some factors I remember + +- are there some corner cases for people not using Maildir? +- isn't there some information encoded in whether a message is in cur or + new? there was some discussion of mutt presenting this information + +d -- 2.26.2