Hello,
Darshana and I just talked via IRC and apparently there was a bit of a
communication mis-understanding.
To sum up we both agree that:
1. If a mail message is manually stamped as a calendar event that the
message should be parsed to try and determine the start / end time etc.
2. No automated process i.e. parse every incoming message for date time
info will take place since there are serious performance considerations
and the IMAP foldering strategy already provides a nice alternate solution.
Thanks,
Brian
Brian Kirsch wrote:
Hi Jeffrey,
See comments in line.
Jeffrey Harris wrote:
Hi Brian,
To be clear, I think Darshana's work on parsing emails would be an
experimental parcel implementing features in parallel with the mainline
IMAP-folders-for-stamping workflow, at least for Preview.
Sure, but there are major performance concerns if every email is
parsed for date time logic. Especially if a bulk download takes place.
I am certainly not opposed to what Darshana is suggesting. However, I
am of the opinion that we solidify our 1.0 email strategy then push to
get a good email client complete in that time frame.
There are certainly elements of email date parsing that are needed but
I honestly don't see the point of just driving on something
experimental when so much needs to be done in email for 1.0. And this
stamping work could be detrimental to email performance.
Also, the point I was raising is our primary preview strategy of using
folders as the means to stamp and bring mail in to Chandler does not
fit with the work that Darshana wants to do in exact detail.
With the foldering approach the stampness is know but the date parsing
still needs to take place.
With Darshana's approach the stampness is determined by the date parsing.
-Brian
Hopefully
there would be synergies between her work and the workflow you mentioned
(if she writes code that picks out probably dates for an event-mail, you
could presumably use that work).
Sincerely,
Jeffrey
Brian Kirsch wrote:
Hi Darshana,
We are going to go with a foldering approach to stamping. This allows a
user to drag a mail message in to an IMAP folder and automatically have
it stamped as the appropriate type.
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