On Fri, 24 Jan 2014, Mark Walters <markwalters1009@gmail.com> wrote: > I am not sure I like doing the database upgrade with no comment to the > user at all. I think --quiet should mean we don't write to stdout at all. So the question becomes, is the database upgrade worth warning about in stderr? > In fact I am not sure I like doing the upgrade without being > specifically told to (e.g. it does not give the user a clear chance to > backup the database first) > > What would people think about having a --upgrade-database option to > notmuch new? We discussed this at length on IRC some time ago. I think we concluded we should continue doing it automatically, but I'll post a summary when I have the time. BR, Jani.