Re: [PATCH 1/3] new: Do not defer maildir flag synchronization during the first run

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] new: Do not defer maildir flag synchronization during the first run

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:43:21 -0500

To: Carl Worth

Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org

From: Austin Clements


Sure. I've been wanting to take a crack at notmuch new's atomicity for a while. Though you'll have to get through some of my outstanding patches. I can only keep so many branches in my head. ]:--8)

rlb, you expressed an interest in solving this problem, too. Did you make any headway?

"Carl Worth" <cworth@cworth.org> wrote:

>On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:07:28 -0500, Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU>
>wrote:
>> Quoth Carl Worth on Jan 26 at  9:59 pm:
>> 
>> I believe you're right that synchronization could always be done
>> eagerly.  In fact, I believe this is true even with the addition of
>> conjunctive and disjunctive flags.
>
>Excellent! Want to take a whack at implementing that? And seeing if you
>can find any test cases that stress this more than existing test cases
>might?
>
>-Carl
>
>-- 
>carl.d.worth@intel.com

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