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 36EAD429E20 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:14:38 -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 yJqhGoFMFDPw for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:14:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from che.mayfirst.org (che.mayfirst.org [209.234.253.108]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3518431FB6 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:14:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.13.75] (lair.fifthhorseman.net [216.254.116.241]) by che.mayfirst.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 22332F977 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:14:33 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4D44AD63.1010001@fifthhorseman.net> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:14:27 -0500 From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101213 Icedove/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: notmuch's idea of concurrency / failing an invocation References: <87fwsetdin.fsf@kepler.schwinge.homeip.net> <8762taxk9y.fsf@algae.riseup.net> <87y664zfi8.fsf@flamingspork.com> In-Reply-To: <87y664zfi8.fsf@flamingspork.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigA517848273DD3AC088343B9E" X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: notmuch 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, 30 Jan 2011 00:14:38 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigA517848273DD3AC088343B9E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 01/28/2011 08:05 PM, Stewart Smith wrote: > I'm about at the point where I'm going to take my git mail store > experiments and get them really to work (and everyone will have to use > 'notmuch cat' or the like to access the messages) Would this hypothetical git-based mail store retain the atomicity and lockless concurrent-access of a maildir? That is, could it be used in a server environment? > which should provide > both great storage efficiency, much faster backups of your Maildir as > well as having way fewer paths to traverse checking for new mail. when you say "backups of your Maildir" do you mean "backups of your git-based mail store" ? or is this somehow a literal Maildir stored in g= it? Intrigued, --dkg --------------enigA517848273DD3AC088343B9E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJNRK1jXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQwRUU1QkU5NzkyODJEODBCOUY3NTQwRjFD Q0QyRUQ5NEQyMTczOUU5AAoJEMzS7ZTSFznpiN0P/2rsck89Ax/3NOoQRykqWdsU 9VE7EJ4y4PTI7hozWxnn9Nt2PwKBZF05vdumyoCj/vTA0+Xj1mRGe/Ti6ktBRj7Y /tDX22iXMkxsVWcl6JyM0wbVpI2TiEvRvfp4GUz3+GgR38Ztpzdogm4+F9skBBKX maygXtk99KOZ1ztVZq7B+wRcWDn+pG+7QLisPf01icdkJczHXBEOvpxcHKAzUhL7 lZs2HpGTzMH1ykjSm5bKE1I16mCkaXjuHexEOt0td07Vi9FDz27xXIBNJPFdIyLD qCuNoE6jJyhtGiLhyWMoMaGYtNaWELVj2jY2LoVy9aO/dIV0FCainDSaNYADryLp P7rWU6M4pjGUcX/axnbisn9Cx2tKBaBy8L8Rdqk9YQQA8RYPcZELAQ44LvVlsBLs jOTIgkgeFy8ulgLDRcrpb+ixXdg+Z1nDcVaEaGvHL1p4CxtTKKGkNOouMAgzAGjC kP8U7UNViKHewVKDazbrX4009MUWNCrHER2NHMKqHqDLAzVM07Q7yW2vvJTewdTZ u48YLGOVBzmSQj7bgU5pQLNX3lkwwwJGU4sm126IXl3JJNjvNZtPdIY7UoR6gp/S 6YjI2/qvufCGRIsKDznu5cjKdabPNHHt5IM/ZS+KznVuQX8UcVu7cw16VPCs4T16 eYe1dH3GqAhm9AHAoedR =qJiq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigA517848273DD3AC088343B9E--