From 3ee5e17ad41ce290421afac326a71b83192a2479 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 09:46:27 +2000 Subject: [PATCH] the future of notmuch-vim? --- 14/2efa56371b4d8bfc18f7d634643aa87e7d4ae3 | 113 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 113 insertions(+) create mode 100644 14/2efa56371b4d8bfc18f7d634643aa87e7d4ae3 diff --git a/14/2efa56371b4d8bfc18f7d634643aa87e7d4ae3 b/14/2efa56371b4d8bfc18f7d634643aa87e7d4ae3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..788d07ddf --- /dev/null +++ b/14/2efa56371b4d8bfc18f7d634643aa87e7d4ae3 @@ -0,0 +1,113 @@ +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 76B54431FB6 + for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:46:53 -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 o6Sna2PUtp7z for ; + Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:46:53 -0800 (PST) +Received: from tesseract.cs.unb.ca (tesseract.cs.unb.ca [131.202.240.238]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 16CB7431FAF + for ; Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:46:53 -0800 (PST) +Received: from fctnnbsc30w-156034082078.dhcp-dynamic.fibreop.nb.bellaliant.net + ([156.34.82.78] helo=zancas.localnet) + by tesseract.cs.unb.ca with esmtpsa + (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.80) + (envelope-from ) + id 1TwYl1-0006Af-Tg; Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:46:52 -0400 +Received: from bremner by zancas.localnet with local (Exim 4.80) + (envelope-from ) + id 1TwYkw-0003zc-7T; Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:46:46 -0400 +From: David Bremner +To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: the future of notmuch-vim? +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.15 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.2.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:46:27 -0400 +Message-ID: <871udhcmks.fsf@zancas.localnet> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; + micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" +X-Spam_bar: - +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: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:46:53 -0000 + +--=-=-= +Content-Type: text/plain +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable + + +So now that we've (finally) released, we can turn our minds back to +being distruptive. + +I'm not sure what, if anything to do about the vim frontend. + +Looking at=20 + + http://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=3Dnotmuch + +There is apparently still some people that use it (although notice the +"Vote" column is 0). + +On the other hand + +=2D The vim frontend is afaik the last thing depending on the legacy text + output format. + +=2D The plugin seems to be only semi-functional at the moment; in a quick + test I found a message that didn't display it's content, and one that + displayed the content, along with "junk" from the internal + representation. + +=2D There are now several alternatives for people whose only motivation to + use the vim frontend was dislike of emacs (alot and notmuch-mutt). + +There are several alternative vim frontends floating around in (at +least) ruby and python. I don't if they are better or worse +functionality wise.=20 + +I'm considering stopping building debian packages for notmuch-vim, since +I don't see any current prospects for the package improving. I'm not +sure what the equivalent thing to do upstream would be, perhaps moving +it to contrib. Or, deprecating it and then removing it. + +What do people think? + +d + + + +--=-=-= +Content-Type: application/pgp-signature + +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) + +iJwEAQECAAYFAlD6o7QACgkQTiiN/0Um85mlMAP+LS3gHyl48xwCLxJxLy7FlO2g +1yNkO82MZyN6yesG+WVn3yM6UU+5p41gMCBV1cIUlXGryVqa/yTUKJxwk3hIKlRH +agVdIHfmoyMG5uZLPBMLgoHFnwohIH4A6GABaV/JTuZNp/kVGegTmwfXUJc2Z/yB +TErV48hIKARoMPELR/U= +=iwTM +-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- +--=-=-=-- -- 2.26.2