From 4b58ab6bef1e584521db0bfd6b9d854ddd7e5255 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Servilio Afre Puentes Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:29:10 +1900 Subject: [PATCH] Re: [notmuch] Introducing notmuchsync --- 99/5467be6074c4fef1d8498cb692fb3d9361fd7b | 93 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 93 insertions(+) create mode 100644 99/5467be6074c4fef1d8498cb692fb3d9361fd7b diff --git a/99/5467be6074c4fef1d8498cb692fb3d9361fd7b b/99/5467be6074c4fef1d8498cb692fb3d9361fd7b new file mode 100644 index 000000000..853145afa --- /dev/null +++ b/99/5467be6074c4fef1d8498cb692fb3d9361fd7b @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +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 F3FD5431FBC + for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:29:12 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: 0.001 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.001 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[BAYES_50=0.001] autolearn=ham +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 1cUdfA1nywLy for ; + Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:29:12 -0800 (PST) +Received: from mail-ew0-f220.google.com (mail-ew0-f220.google.com + [209.85.219.220]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F25B431FAE + for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:29:12 -0800 (PST) +Received: by ewy20 with SMTP id 20so2676217ewy.0 + for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:29:11 -0800 (PST) +DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; + h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references + :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type + :content-transfer-encoding; + bh=i46JkosEWheOrwJOO5mF/LgEf3IivQgCmrlocegGWwU=; + b=Z+OWzcGFG/2kdKX8YhD+lYfY5Iaoi9LHbWGD6EdQtgh0I9t0OUhIJAHNZ8Pf38xyUG + DyLN3NyciK14tNgOk6ocfn4KO1PpUPHPgUVCVcygEx2PtKxx2HC9F/oFygWXHQERkFql + URauuTEXiSa7DkEd3M9ExSqpsF17twxgglhHs= +DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; + h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to + :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; + b=vBtGFjJX175lULJ7bJx93o5JYoDkmIoYW7okHWLTgDd4aIVT5Q/4MpnqAp3/q4kfIi + HO2Jvej+6O99W5N446xG6Mk3SR4jFScIc61vphKgtuvbr3wS1/9yIKTXetMf563U2Nki + XNgddygtnuAHgn3iKZscI+X17MwJf3Xnsufx4= +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Received: by 10.216.87.80 with SMTP id x58mr1155508wee.92.1263918551081; Tue, + 19 Jan 2010 08:29:11 -0800 (PST) +In-Reply-To: <20100119160449.GA28198@finestructure.net> +References: <87pr57jvkz.fsf@SSpaeth.de> + <201001181641.25647.sojkam1@fel.cvut.cz> <87hbqjwgmf.fsf@SSpaeth.de> + <87my0a5i80.fsf@SSpaeth.de> <87my0aqgw9.fsf@veldthuis.com> + <20100119152427.GL8342@finestructure.net> <877hrexfat.fsf@SSpaeth.de> + <20100119160449.GA28198@finestructure.net> +Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:29:10 -0500 +Message-ID: +From: Servilio Afre Puentes +To: Jameson Rollins +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable +X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:43:20 -0800 +Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: [notmuch] Introducing notmuchsync +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: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:29:13 -0000 + +2010/1/19 Jameson Rollins : +[...] +> That said, I have vasilated just a bit on this, as to whether notmuch +> should touch the mail at all, or just process it. =A0But having thought +> about it a bit, I think that notmuch really *is* an MUA, or at least +> the mail processing part of a MUA (MUA minus message reader), and +> should therefore do the appropriate things with the maildir. + +I on the other hand think that it is just the indexer, and that the +right way to integrate it into a MUA is by making this MUA call +notmuch to update the DB/index with the actions just performed on a +message/group of messages (moving, deleting, tagging, etc.). + +For what I've read so far from messages of the authors in this mailing +list and the programmed behaviour, I think that is the intention +(though not fully implemented yet) and in my opinion the right one. +Maybe if the notmuch.el code would have been written as a set of hooks +into Gnus for customizing views this would have been more evident +(though I haven't neither used or looked at the vim front-end code), +or maybe I am missing the point entirely and the long-term goal of the +authors is to have a full-fledged MUA. + +Regards, + +Servilio -- 2.26.2