From: Jani Nikula Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 13:35:13 +0000 (+0300) Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Allow specifying alternate names for addresses in other_email X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?p=notmuch-archives.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=8dedb1523f5b812bd025840bcea152a467ae5ac0 Re: [PATCH 0/4] Allow specifying alternate names for addresses in other_email --- diff --git a/61/ba7ee55028b7095c6e7dbee2723c3d8a131620 b/61/ba7ee55028b7095c6e7dbee2723c3d8a131620 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b9496f394 --- /dev/null +++ b/61/ba7ee55028b7095c6e7dbee2723c3d8a131620 @@ -0,0 +1,159 @@ +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 AE99A6DE610B + for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2016 07:26:09 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.579 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.579 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.141, + DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, + RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-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 csHk9eXfkuVU for ; + Sun, 14 Aug 2016 07:25:59 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from mail-wm0-f50.google.com (mail-wm0-f50.google.com + [74.125.82.50]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 843226DE76FF for + ; Sun, 14 Aug 2016 06:36:49 -0700 (PDT) +Received: by mail-wm0-f50.google.com with SMTP id q128so51554107wma.1 + for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2016 06:36:49 -0700 (PDT) +DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; + d=nikula-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; + h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id + :mime-version; bh=Ru8pXx1QDo5bSGsapD4PDhjrN0I90TIG5O3qgHucg/Y=; + b=HHoK4DIXh/nyFxN2lV0icTilX2Hxps1QOtw7/LilpGRA3ifrLPcWhefgjSSc/MHUye + m+jODUXtY9fXP6RsagR8WuZtoZj6GOtzKHGuilNgQg2G0BNwPBy3svPxVvZ8WPMUbY9k + HT1AP/Y2P9PyTY6S+pEYM1Rcup2E2oyCOwFYLedx1whqM8iJS39rbZPT2WCljHHjFwES + O3X0M1LyAyN73VvrbryDlNh5QwvUBNkIvOopeV1vEFs+Fo2BaX21u28QlZPUupo11zf4 + 991SdrlziJtwL7kzCff9yQj1mKlURaPlpgJaaOOMSUlZEjVQ/sYEBmtT+bGWfBAMGSG/ + eraw== +X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; + d=1e100.net; s=20130820; + h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:date + :message-id:mime-version; + bh=Ru8pXx1QDo5bSGsapD4PDhjrN0I90TIG5O3qgHucg/Y=; + b=IYwiMeUvYP4cuu+Fhd7LmMGVR+r0lWU8/R5cmQZHIrKvk5fapQyq/XSR9mhXOTTSKU + mu195JEk1c9kD9953gKVerlah7yPOM9Sx5bQ2dgwvX4fggTmz3sJMHd9kA87WOKKnLBX + 6Lm/ooDjlSrw+tiSd3UDuZNmYBFa0B+PEndBbUPwE96hLaGJ3NvHMm6PUkNrworA9oAf + wEipfVM+ufz3J8mUTEAucqeqRp1MeyJZod1na7GrebaIEhNK/C19LXxmj6WTHXGfMe0g + CeW20E/0lLVKzdXKtgkPEJ1QSLLHjj3VBiXEBv8XnlO2fAH/gPl7uHpTcjgTDfmgNOUF + flaw== +X-Gm-Message-State: + AEkoousWDEHqZYwUPsBY1XWEKgIvnHvUoRLELIPOoZTalULEldSSvUDh/7/PBdZiwQ1r0A== +X-Received: by 10.194.29.2 with SMTP id f2mr24579056wjh.161.1471181799706; + Sun, 14 Aug 2016 06:36:39 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from localhost (mobile-access-bcee63-250.dhcp.inet.fi. + [188.238.99.250]) + by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id pm1sm16692784wjb.40.2016.08.14.06.36.38 + (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); + Sun, 14 Aug 2016 06:36:39 -0700 (PDT) +From: Jani Nikula +To: Shea Levy , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Allow specifying alternate names for addresses in + other_email +In-Reply-To: + <87oa4vtta4.fsf@shlevy-laptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> +References: <1470776118-5070-1-git-send-email-shea@shealevy.com> + <87k2fk98yh.fsf@nikula.org> + <87oa4vtta4.fsf@shlevy-laptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> +Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 16:35:13 +0300 +Message-ID: <874m6no4mm.fsf@nikula.org> +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, 14 Aug 2016 14:26:09 -0000 + +On Sun, 14 Aug 2016, Shea Levy wrote: +> Jani Nikula writes: +> +>> On Tue, 09 Aug 2016, Shea Levy wrote: +>>> Currently, while notmuch-reply will recognize email addresses other than +>>> the main address with user.other_email, it always sets the name part of +>>> the address in the envelope-from and From headers to user.name. This +>>> patchset enables specifying names on a per-address basis with a new +>>> user.other_name property. Presumably other users of user.other_email +>>> may want to use this as well, but those are not updated currently. +>> +>> I am not convinved by adding another configuration option, especially +>> when it has to be in sync with another configuration option (ordering in +>> user.other_name having to match user.other_email). I would much prefer +>> allowing (but not requiring) "Name " style addresses +>> both in user.primary_email and user.other_email. +>> +> +> This would be fine with me. Is there already code in place to separate +> out the name and email values from that kind of email address? + +I think we should use gmime for this, and expect the configuration to be +a comma separated list of addresses, specifically in the format that +internet_address_list_parse_string() parses [2]. On the plus side, it'll +handle most of the weird corner cases about (lists of) email addresses, +and we can probably safely ignore the ones it doesn't handle. We already +use that stuff in notmuch-show.c and notmuch-reply.c. On the minus side, +using the functions is about as much fun as string manipulation +generally is in C. + +Then there's the annoying detail that this'll change the format of the +config from a semicolon separated list to a comma separated list. This +means switching from using g_key_file_get_string_list() to +g_key_file_get_string(). But we also need to have backward compatibility +somehow. One option is to add a new config option (didn't I just frown +on adding new ones?) that would replace all of user.name, +user.primary_email, and user.other_email, making the first in the list +the primary one. So we could check if, say, user.email is present, and +use that for all of the name/primary/other configuration, falling back +to the separate fields otherwise. This is also a safe option in case +some other software uses the configuration options directly. + +Anyway, this will be slightly tedious to code, and some of the changes +might be a bit controversial, so I suggest waiting until we get feedback +from others first. (David, I'm looking at you!) + +>> With a cursory glance at the implementation, I wonder if you could just +>> pick the name based on the address you've picked earlier, and leave the +>> address matching mostly as it is. Would save some passing of parameters +>> around. Maybe. +>> +> +> Hmm, I'm not sure what you mean by this, sorry. Can you expand? + +Only match the *address* part, and when you've found a match, find the +corresponding name part. Or do you need to be able to distinguish +between different names with the same address? + +No matter what, I think the first thing should be changing just the +config, and then building the rest on top afterwards. + +>> Additionally, I'd very much like to have my series [1] merged +>> first. It'll be *much* easier to rebase your series on top than the +>> other way around... +>> +> +> Happy to rebase my work on yours. + +Of course, lacking review, there's no guarantee my series actually gets +merged. It's open source, first come, first served! + + +BR, +Jani. + + +>> +>> [1] id:cover.1471088022.git.jani@nikula.org + +[2] https://developer.gnome.org/gmime/stable/InternetAddressList.html