From 72cddca19f1921e81841ab252a77004b1781fc91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 20:45:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH 3/5] cli/count: add --output=modifications --- ee/e297fb5da311222d1c3fb1551a98a7a92890cb | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+) create mode 100644 ee/e297fb5da311222d1c3fb1551a98a7a92890cb diff --git a/ee/e297fb5da311222d1c3fb1551a98a7a92890cb b/ee/e297fb5da311222d1c3fb1551a98a7a92890cb new file mode 100644 index 000000000..305583434 --- /dev/null +++ b/ee/e297fb5da311222d1c3fb1551a98a7a92890cb @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +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 344D16DE119D + for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:46:28 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0.131 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.131 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.131] + 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 b9Mf5XIZk8nY for ; + Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:46:26 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from gitolite.debian.net (gitolite.debian.net [87.98.215.224]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DD7426DE0244 + for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:46:25 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from remotemail by gitolite.debian.net with local (Exim 4.80) + (envelope-from ) + id 1ZPEYB-00082U-Op; Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:45:27 +0000 +Received: (nullmailer pid 23387 invoked by uid 1000); Tue, 11 Aug 2015 + 18:45:18 -0000 +From: David Bremner +To: Tomi Ollila , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] cli/count: add --output=modifications +In-Reply-To: +References: <1439112285-6681-1-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> + <1439112285-6681-4-git-send-email-david@tethera.net> + +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.20.2 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.5.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 20:45:18 +0200 +Message-ID: <871tf98y0x.fsf@maritornes.cs.unb.ca> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 +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: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:46:28 -0000 + +Tomi Ollila writes: + +> Currently, `notmuch count` outputs lines that contain just one integer; +> this changes this by introducing output with uuid ([0-9a-f-]) and integer +> delimited by tab character. +> +> To put it lightly, this looks "inconsistent" and don't please my aesthetic +> eye. +> +> One option (being it worse or better) could be that by default only +> lastmod value is printed and with separate option it is prefixed with +> database UUID (in every --output option). + +Can you think of any use case for the uuid with the other count outputs? +It feels pretty artificial to me. + +Another option is to make a "notmuch metadata" command. I'm not really +sure about the syntax, but perhaps a uuid option makes more sense +there, so e.g. + + notmuch metadata --with-uuid lastmod + +I'm pretty convinced that we need report uuid and lastmod together (at +least optionally). I'm less sure we need a full get/set interface for +metadata, since people with that use case could use xapian-metadata. + + + -- 2.26.2