From a17fe7c0f7c0d8cb76089cc152054eacf4baa79a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 23:09:47 +2100 Subject: [PATCH] Re: [PATCH 6/8] cli: add support for batch tagging operations to "notmuch tag" --- 91/859794e6a01ebe23c45000e018bd80d8d5554a | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 95 insertions(+) create mode 100644 91/859794e6a01ebe23c45000e018bd80d8d5554a diff --git a/91/859794e6a01ebe23c45000e018bd80d8d5554a b/91/859794e6a01ebe23c45000e018bd80d8d5554a new file mode 100644 index 000000000..66282d2da --- /dev/null +++ b/91/859794e6a01ebe23c45000e018bd80d8d5554a @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +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 BE6D1431FB6 + for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 19:10:03 -0700 (PDT) +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 7+VVHBuLKWQ6 for ; + Tue, 3 Apr 2012 19:10:02 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from tesseract.cs.unb.ca (tesseract.cs.unb.ca [131.202.240.238]) + (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) + (No client certificate requested) + by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A596431FAE + for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 19:10:02 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from fctnnbsc30w-142166230117.dhcp-dynamic.fibreop.nb.bellaliant.net + ([142.166.230.117] helo=zancas.localnet) + by tesseract.cs.unb.ca with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) + (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) + id 1SFFfV-000826-75; Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:09:57 -0300 +Received: from bremner by zancas.localnet with local (Exim 4.77) + (envelope-from ) + id 1SFFfP-00049v-V5; Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:09:47 -0300 +From: David Bremner +To: Jameson Graef Rollins , + Jani Nikula +Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] cli: add support for batch tagging operations to + "notmuch tag" +In-Reply-To: <87wr5w2zv5.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> +References: + + <87ty123tpc.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> + <87aa2tc22z.fsf@zancas.localnet> + <87iphh50hz.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> + + <87fwcl4yr8.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> + + <87d37p4xor.fsf@servo.finestructure.net> + <87pqbpxm2c.fsf@nikula.org> + <87wr5w2zv5.fsf@servo.finestructure.net>User-Agent: + Notmuch/0.12+70~g46e73fe (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.3.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:09:47 -0300 +Message-ID: <87bon82qok.fsf@zancas.localnet> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii +X-Spam_bar: - +Cc: Notmuch Mail +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: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:10:04 -0000 + +Jameson Graef Rollins writes: + +> There's no point in adding and initial flag to the beginning of the +> line to specify the command to execute if you have no intention of +> ever supporting other commands. + +My thinking was that it was useful for the disk format to have a bit +more information in it so that we could more easily change the interface +in an upwardly compatible way. If at some point in the future we do have +more general batch command processing, it would be nice not have to +change the file format again, particularly for dump files. + +> Ultimately, I think this patch series suffers from being +> simultaneously too close to existing functionality (restore), + +Well, as Jani mentioned there is a fair amount of code overlap with an +in-progress improved dump/restore facility. + +> yet tantalizingly close to a much more generally useful concept of +> batch command processing. + +Well, opinions seem to differ about how close we are to that in terms of +real code, but I think it is worth thinking about as we define file +formats. + +d + -- 2.26.2