folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-09 Thread Jameson Graef Rollins
On Sat, May 03 2014, dm-list-email-notmuch at scs.stanford.edu wrote: > First, are there people out there who do not use a collection of maildir > directories, with all mail in cur and new? o/ I completely abandoned the usage of separate mail "folders" since I started using notmuch. All my mail

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-09 Thread Jameson Graef Rollins
On Sat, May 03 2014, dm-list-email-notm...@scs.stanford.edu wrote: First, are there people out there who do not use a collection of maildir directories, with all mail in cur and new? o/ I completely abandoned the usage of separate mail folders since I started using notmuch. All my mail now

folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-07 Thread Mark Walters
> The trick here is that it's easy to miss people who are happy with > current functionality. Adding functionality to address newly-identified > use cases makes a lot of sense. But removing functionality runs the risk > of only discovering that people were relying on it after the fact, > (Which

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-07 Thread Mark Walters
The trick here is that it's easy to miss people who are happy with current functionality. Adding functionality to address newly-identified use cases makes a lot of sense. But removing functionality runs the risk of only discovering that people were relying on it after the fact, (Which seems

folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-06 Thread Mark Walters
On Mon, 05 May 2014, Jani Nikula wrote: > Hi Carl - > > On Tue, 06 May 2014, Carl Worth wrote: >> dm-list-email-notmuch at scs.stanford.edu writes: >>> However, currently it seems strange that there are *two* different >>> search terms (folder and path), and that neither one lets you search for

folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-06 Thread Jani Nikula
Hi Carl - On Tue, 06 May 2014, Carl Worth wrote: > dm-list-email-notmuch at scs.stanford.edu writes: >> However, currently it seems strange that there are *two* different >> search terms (folder and path), and that neither one lets you search for >> a portion of your folder name. > > For what

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-06 Thread Mark Walters
On Mon, 05 May 2014, Jani Nikula j...@nikula.org wrote: Hi Carl - On Tue, 06 May 2014, Carl Worth cwo...@cworth.org wrote: dm-list-email-notm...@scs.stanford.edu writes: However, currently it seems strange that there are *two* different search terms (folder and path), and that neither one

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-05 Thread Carl Worth
dm-list-email-notm...@scs.stanford.edu writes: First, thanks for the response. The responsiveness and friendliness of the notmuch mailing list goes a long way towards compensating for any missing features / customizability one might want. I'm delighted to hear that the notmuch community

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-05 Thread Jani Nikula
Hi Carl - On Tue, 06 May 2014, Carl Worth cwo...@cworth.org wrote: dm-list-email-notm...@scs.stanford.edu writes: However, currently it seems strange that there are *two* different search terms (folder and path), and that neither one lets you search for a portion of your folder name. For

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-05 Thread Carl Worth
Jani Nikula j...@nikula.org writes: The discussions about this were lengthy and tedious, and I was glad we eventually reached some consensus about what we wanted. This much I do understand. And I apologize if I seem to be raising anew issues that should finally be behind us. Meanwhile, the

folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-03 Thread Jani Nikula
On Sat, 03 May 2014, dm-list-email-notmuch at scs.stanford.edu wrote: > Mark Walters writes: > >>> All the way back. Now you are saying there will be no convenient way to >>> match just the "mail.class" part without the year? How very >>> distressing. Ugh. >> >> Hi >> >> I am not quite sure

folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-03 Thread Mark Walters
Hi On Sat, 03 May 2014, dm-list-email-notmuch at scs.stanford.edu wrote: > Mark Walters writes: > >>> All the way back. Now you are saying there will be no convenient way to >>> match just the "mail.class" part without the year? How very >>> distressing. Ugh. >> >> Hi >> >> I am not quite

folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-03 Thread dm-list-email-notm...@scs.stanford.edu
Jani Nikula writes: > It's not going to help you, but I'll mention a few of the issues the old > folder: search had, which we also had complaints about, and which would > have been quite hard to fix while preserving the behaviour you want. In > short, we considered the old folder: search broken.

folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-03 Thread Mark Walters
On Sat, 03 May 2014, dm-list-email-notmuch at scs.stanford.edu wrote: > Jani Nikula writes: > >> On Fri, 02 May 2014, dm-list-email-notmuch at scs.stanford.edu wrote: >>> >>> I'm using a pretty standard maildir++ layout. For example, underneath >>> my database.path I have a bunch of mail in

folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-03 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 09:57:49PM -0700, dm-list-email-notmuch at scs.stanford.edu wrote: > > Worse, because of my poor performance, I was hoping to segregate > messages by year. So it would be: > > 2013/.mail.class > 2013/.mail.voicemail > 2014/.mail.class > 2014/.mail.voicemail > >

folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-03 Thread Suvayu Ali
Hello David, On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 02:16:07PM -0700, David Mazieres expires 2014-07-31 PDT wrote: > Mark Walters writes: > > > > Before checking other things: have you run notmuch new? That's needed to > > update the database. It is an irreversible update so notmuch-0.17 will > > not work

folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-03 Thread Jani Nikula
On Fri, 02 May 2014, dm-list-email-notmuch at scs.stanford.edu wrote: > Hey, I'm playing around with the head of the git repository > (bc64cdce289d84be2550c4fccb1f008d15eaeb0e) to try to figure out how the > new folder: prefixes work, as folders are a critical part of how I > organize my mail.

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-03 Thread Mark Walters
On Sat, 03 May 2014, dm-list-email-notm...@scs.stanford.edu wrote: Jani Nikula j...@nikula.org writes: On Fri, 02 May 2014, dm-list-email-notm...@scs.stanford.edu wrote: I'm using a pretty standard maildir++ layout. For example, underneath my database.path I have a bunch of mail in

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-03 Thread dm-list-email-notmuch
Mark Walters markwalters1...@gmail.com writes: All the way back. Now you are saying there will be no convenient way to match just the mail.class part without the year? How very distressing. Ugh. Hi I am not quite sure what you are meaning by hierarchically group messages. Searching for

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-03 Thread Jani Nikula
On Sat, 03 May 2014, dm-list-email-notm...@scs.stanford.edu wrote: Mark Walters markwalters1...@gmail.com writes: All the way back. Now you are saying there will be no convenient way to match just the mail.class part without the year? How very distressing. Ugh. Hi I am not quite sure

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-03 Thread Mark Walters
Hi On Sat, 03 May 2014, dm-list-email-notm...@scs.stanford.edu wrote: Mark Walters markwalters1...@gmail.com writes: All the way back. Now you are saying there will be no convenient way to match just the mail.class part without the year? How very distressing. Ugh. Hi I am not quite

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-03 Thread dm-list-email-notmuch
Jani Nikula j...@nikula.org writes: It's not going to help you, but I'll mention a few of the issues the old folder: search had, which we also had complaints about, and which would have been quite hard to fix while preserving the behaviour you want. In short, we considered the old folder:

folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-02 Thread dm-list-email-notm...@scs.stanford.edu
Jani Nikula writes: > On Fri, 02 May 2014, dm-list-email-notmuch at scs.stanford.edu wrote: >> >> I'm using a pretty standard maildir++ layout. For example, underneath >> my database.path I have a bunch of mail in directories such as: >> >> .INBOX.Main/{new,cur} >> .mail.class/{new,cur}

folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-02 Thread Mark Walters
Hi Before checking other things: have you run notmuch new? That's needed to update the database. It is an irreversible update so notmuch-0.17 will not work with the updated database. The update should save a dump of the tags before updating but you might want to do that manually too (and maybe

folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-02 Thread David Mazieres expires 2014-07-31 PDT
Mark Walters writes: > Hi > > Before checking other things: have you run notmuch new? That's needed to > update the database. It is an irreversible update so notmuch-0.17 will > not work with the updated database. No, I haven't. Okay, so that must be it. Sorry for bothering people. The

folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-02 Thread dm-list-email-notm...@scs.stanford.edu
Hey, I'm playing around with the head of the git repository (bc64cdce289d84be2550c4fccb1f008d15eaeb0e) to try to figure out how the new folder: prefixes work, as folders are a critical part of how I organize my mail. (Since tags are not hierarchical, folders are the best way for me to group mail

folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-02 Thread dm-list-email-notmuch
Hey, I'm playing around with the head of the git repository (bc64cdce289d84be2550c4fccb1f008d15eaeb0e) to try to figure out how the new folder: prefixes work, as folders are a critical part of how I organize my mail. (Since tags are not hierarchical, folders are the best way for me to group mail

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-02 Thread Jani Nikula
On Fri, 02 May 2014, dm-list-email-notm...@scs.stanford.edu wrote: Hey, I'm playing around with the head of the git repository (bc64cdce289d84be2550c4fccb1f008d15eaeb0e) to try to figure out how the new folder: prefixes work, as folders are a critical part of how I organize my mail. (Since

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-02 Thread David Mazieres expires 2014-07-31 PDT
Mark Walters markwalters1...@gmail.com writes: Hi Before checking other things: have you run notmuch new? That's needed to update the database. It is an irreversible update so notmuch-0.17 will not work with the updated database. No, I haven't. Okay, so that must be it. Sorry for

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-02 Thread dm-list-email-notmuch
Jani Nikula j...@nikula.org writes: On Fri, 02 May 2014, dm-list-email-notm...@scs.stanford.edu wrote: I'm using a pretty standard maildir++ layout. For example, underneath my database.path I have a bunch of mail in directories such as: .INBOX.Main/{new,cur} .mail.class/{new,cur}

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-02 Thread Suvayu Ali
Hello David, On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 02:16:07PM -0700, David Mazieres expires 2014-07-31 PDT wrote: Mark Walters markwalters1...@gmail.com writes: Before checking other things: have you run notmuch new? That's needed to update the database. It is an irreversible update so notmuch-0.17

Re: folder and path completely broken in HEAD?

2014-05-02 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 09:57:49PM -0700, dm-list-email-notm...@scs.stanford.edu wrote: Worse, because of my poor performance, I was hoping to segregate messages by year. So it would be: 2013/.mail.class 2013/.mail.voicemail 2014/.mail.class 2014/.mail.voicemail All the way