From: Stewart Smith Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:47:28 +0000 (+1100) Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13] Modular message store code X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=11769c92502591e835bfda05f7a9039192592829;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13] Modular message store code --- diff --git a/b8/30fe02b30f84b4530e4017a6bb0023758f7077 b/b8/30fe02b30f84b4530e4017a6bb0023758f7077 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0aa59f173 --- /dev/null +++ b/b8/30fe02b30f84b4530e4017a6bb0023758f7077 @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +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 4A1A7429E43 + for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:53:06 -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 JcA+UvjEmPRS for ; + Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:53:02 -0800 (PST) +X-Greylist: delayed 330 seconds by postgrey-1.32 at olra; + Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:53:02 PST +Received: from kaylee.flamingspork.com (kaylee.flamingspork.com + [74.207.245.61]) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 983C9429E42 + for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:53:02 -0800 (PST) +Received: from willster (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by kaylee.flamingspork.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0E8F6070; + Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:44:51 +0000 (UTC) +Received: by willster (Postfix, from userid 1000) + id 017453060E62; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:47:28 +1100 (EST) +From: Stewart Smith +To: Ethan Glasser-Camp , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13] Modular message store code +In-Reply-To: <1329343326-16410-1-git-send-email-glasse@cs.rpi.edu> +References: <1329343326-16410-1-git-send-email-glasse@cs.rpi.edu> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.11+72~g8ea8292 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.3.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:47:28 +1100 +Message-ID: <877gznz0bz.fsf@flamingspork.com> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii +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: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:53:06 -0000 + +On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:01:53 -0500, Ethan Glasser-Camp wrote: +> I'm submitting as RFC this patch series, which introduces the idea of +> a "mailstore", a "class" that defines how to access mail, instead of +> currently assuming it's always some Maildir-ish hierarchy that +> contains a bunch of mail. + +This is really awesome. + +Quite a while ago now I did some experiments on storing my entire +Maildir inside git packs instead of in maildir. This produced an +*amazing* saving in disk space used. My idea is to end up with Maildir +for "current" (as everything delivers into Maildir without a problem) +and then on a (say) monthly basis, packing all mail into an archive file +and have notmuch be able to still read it. + +you know what... this patch set has re-ignited my interest in making +that work. + +-- +Stewart Smith