From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hartmut Goebel Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: mail: Add notifymuch. Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:58:58 +0200 Message-ID: <57FF3EC2.8090704@crazy-compilers.com> References: <20161009213318.29189-1-mail@cbaines.net> <57FB45D0.4080704@crazy-compilers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43875) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1buauv-0006fM-GX for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:59:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1buaus-0007HT-DG for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:59:05 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:51865) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1buaus-0007Fr-6f for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 03:59:02 -0400 Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3svjmN0rHqz3hjP2 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:58:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3svjmM6NhGzvkQB for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:58:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ouoDi8Hmav1K for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:58:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hermia.goebel-consult.de (ppp-188-174-147-199.dynamic.mnet-online.de [188.174.147.199]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:58:58 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.110.2] (lenashee.goebel-consult.de [192.168.110.2]) by hermia.goebel-consult.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F436605B1 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2016 09:58:58 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org Am 12.10.2016 um 20:17 schrieb Christopher Baines: >>> + (description "notifymuch displays desktop notifications for >>> messages in >>> +the notmuch database. The notifications are sent using libnotify to a >> >> May I ask you to ass some words about what notmuch is? This saves the >> ingenuous reader to recherché what notmuch is. Thanks. > > I'm not quite sure how to improve on this. Copying in the full package > description for notmuch looks out of place to me, and I'm not sure if > just saying "the notmuch email database" instead of "the notmuch > database" is sufficient? > IC, this is a complicated one, since notmuch seems to be a framework. I have to admit that I did not know about notmuch until just now. Explaining about what notmuch is would indeed disrupt the description. So I'd say your suggestion is okay, since it give the ingenuous reader at least a hint. (synopsis "Displays notifications for changes in the notmuch email database") -- Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com | | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible |