On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:06:49PM +0200, Efraim Flashner wrote: > On Thu, 10 Mar 2016 15:45:51 -0500 > Leo Famulari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 07:58:06AM +0100, Jean Louis wrote: > > [...] > > > > I'm really glad you mentioned this on our list! My "Archive" mail folder > > has ~30000 messages, and I rarely opened it because of how long it would > > take Mutt to load them all. With this option enabled, it loads almost > > instantly, once the cache is created. > > > > :) > > sounds like it'd be good to enable > > > > > I agree that we should build our Mutt with this option enabled. > > > > If everyone agrees, the question is which database to use — we have gdbm > > and bdb in our package tree (I think tokyocabinet is a WIP). I have no > > idea which database is a better choice. What do people think? > > Assuming mutt, gdbm and bdb build on all architectures, comparing guix graph > of mutt, gdbm and bdb, and the graph of the two databases is identical. The > only other input I have is that debian uses tokyocabinet as a dependancy.
It looks like they both build on all architectures. Gdbm is a little smaller and it's a GNU project, so I vote for gdbm, in the absence of any knowledge of the two databases' technical merits. > > -- > Efraim Flashner <[email protected]> אפרים פלשנר > GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 > Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted
