From: Jani Nikula Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 08:58:06 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Re: [PATCH] TODO: date range queries - check X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=65b6f67cb792e643b189e2d06275caf02c6ff6e8;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: [PATCH] TODO: date range queries - check --- diff --git a/7a/52f4e4a3e1ac5ddcfb7716c5c1357db6a2c09a b/7a/52f4e4a3e1ac5ddcfb7716c5c1357db6a2c09a new file mode 100644 index 000000000..db948aed4 --- /dev/null +++ b/7a/52f4e4a3e1ac5ddcfb7716c5c1357db6a2c09a @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +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 BBB64431FB6 + for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:58:15 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.7 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] 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 wE0dCWmOacuW for ; + Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:58:15 -0800 (PST) +Received: from mail-wg0-f47.google.com (mail-wg0-f47.google.com + [74.125.82.47]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client + certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id + ECDFE431FAE for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2012 00:58:14 -0800 + (PST) +Received: by mail-wg0-f47.google.com with SMTP id dq11so131082wgb.2 + for ; Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:58:12 -0800 (PST) +X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; + d=google.com; s=20120113; + h=from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id + :mime-version:content-type:x-gm-message-state; + bh=EHVTVZuzsuUbniynsa0JGSAW2BaeZ9DY44J8qUmgRfA=; + b=Q16t9TRtZln5tdtrZAVs5Wi3ek8DkwpHkgGULuHqcTOMCQf+DP5fuGlBV9uf3l38zq + cV8+hGwUEmPtm7ku1HDsnRscReYgN++SkARUqLKq/7SSgKtfi41hpTm/J5gFGEjALoJ3 + hSY0XiN8c/ntH96JtrEjl4IN5X8t9+Ai8w9x0YZOz9nIdFMDoTnJ3OSmaokq5YJBzVEz + tBtSl2Xv8GgHMvb8dm49tHufCb3vrPuDNZ5Ee+2MupLLY2R75j3DeAafjzy53Cdqkcsw + Lq8/taMg2fz/Y7ok7LDN7/qQ7nJH7WL3RbmUb7i6qCk2bwcY5UAOn/7a9HMBnGnVemb8 + 1/Eg== +Received: by 10.180.94.226 with SMTP id df2mr13543972wib.11.1354870692408; + Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:58:12 -0800 (PST) +Received: from localhost ([2001:4b98:dc0:43:216:3eff:fe1b:25f3]) + by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h19sm20329274wiv.7.2012.12.07.00.58.10 + (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:58:11 -0800 (PST) +From: Jani Nikula +To: Jameson Graef Rollins , + notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: [PATCH] TODO: date range queries - check +In-Reply-To: <877gouine4.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> +References: <1354833276-6219-1-git-send-email-jani@nikula.org> + <877gouine4.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.14+137~gda2ee8b (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.2.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:58:06 +0100 +Message-ID: <87k3su9r35.fsf@nikula.org> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii +X-Gm-Message-State: + ALoCoQnEnKTf9z613NCPIQuslmOfX4PzYYYNEdJZgCTgJbKpx/BPYfUyeMmkXGeQEjoISi9rm0WE +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: Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:58:15 -0000 + +On Fri, 07 Dec 2012, Jameson Graef Rollins wrote: +> On Thu, Dec 06 2012, Jani Nikula wrote: +>> --- +>> devel/TODO | 9 --------- +>> 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-) +>> +>> diff --git a/devel/TODO b/devel/TODO +>> index eb757af..277a997 100644 +>> --- a/devel/TODO +>> +++ b/devel/TODO +>> @@ -163,15 +163,6 @@ vs. tag-when-all-files-flagged (* above)). +>> Add an interface to accept a "key" and a byte stream, rather than a +>> filename. +>> +>> -Provide a sane syntax for date ranges. First, we don't want to require +>> -both endpoints to be specified. For example it would be nice to be +>> -able to say things like "since:2009-01-1" or "until:2009-01-1" and +>> -have the other endpoint be implicit. Second we'd like to support +>> -relative specifications of time such as "since:'2 months ago'". To do +>> -any of this we're probably going to need to break down an write our +>> -own parser for the query string rather than using Xapian's QueryParser +>> -class. +>> - +> +> Has this TODO really been resolved? Do searches like "since:2009-01-1" +> or "until:2009-01-1" really now work? As far as I can tell they don't. +> Nor are they documented if they do. + +Well, it does say "for example" and "things like" for since: and until:, +and it's not like the TODO is a strict spec anyway. All of the +functionality is there. You can use "date:2009-01-01.." or +"date:..2009-01-01" and the other endpoint is implicit (since Xapian +1.2.1). Relative specification of time is there. Subjectively, with a +sane syntax too. And it's all documented. + +BR, +Jani.