From b33dec95ae5251098bc9bf436987b2eb52fe0f4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:49:35 +2000 Subject: [PATCH] Re: gmail label support patch available for oflineimap --- dd/bfa87c13f18d1c6020d85d2f5b45ad99ef4fa5 | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+) create mode 100644 dd/bfa87c13f18d1c6020d85d2f5b45ad99ef4fa5 diff --git a/dd/bfa87c13f18d1c6020d85d2f5b45ad99ef4fa5 b/dd/bfa87c13f18d1c6020d85d2f5b45ad99ef4fa5 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2cc58cc1b --- /dev/null +++ b/dd/bfa87c13f18d1c6020d85d2f5b45ad99ef4fa5 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +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 C43F8431FAF + for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:49:42 -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 9VaSoFWW2622 for ; + Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:49:42 -0800 (PST) +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 59165431FAE + for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:49:42 -0800 (PST) +Received: from convex-new.cs.unb.ca ([131.202.245.35]) + by tesseract.cs.unb.ca with esmtpsa + (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) + (envelope-from ) + id 1Td2oO-0000P8-SS; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:49:41 -0400 +Received: from bremner by convex-new.cs.unb.ca with local (Exim 4.80) + (envelope-from ) + id 1Td2oJ-0005HP-GQ; Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:49:35 -0400 +From: David Bremner +To: Rainer@krugs.de +Subject: Re: gmail label support patch available for oflineimap +In-Reply-To: <50B3871B.2050509@gmail.com> +References: <87zk24ctko.fsf@convex-new.cs.unb.ca> + <50B3871B.2050509@gmail.com> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.14+76~g84a0c52 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.2.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:49:35 -0400 +Message-ID: <87r4ngcl00.fsf@convex-new.cs.unb.ca> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-Spam_bar: - +Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +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: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:49:42 -0000 + +Rainer M Krug writes: + +> Adding a layer to communicate with a remote server (gmail in this +> case) would defy the purpose of having notmuch. In my opinion, +> Synching from gmail to local maildir should be done by another tool, +> and this synching includes the synching of the gmail labels. + +Well, the labels need to be synched with the notmuch database so the +choice is between "extend notmuch + use offline imap" or "extend notmuch +in a different way". It's true that re-inventing (a specialized version +of) offline imap seems less than ideal. + +In the wild speculation department, since the feature is still in +development on the the offlineimap side, maybe offlineimap can be +convinced to work with a kind of sidecar file containing tag +information. I think people have speculated about serializing the +notmuch database in (something like) that way before. + + -- 2.26.2