From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 779BC431FBC for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 01:20:25 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id jZhtSU25MPMv for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 01:20:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from vuizook.err.no (vuizook.err.no [85.19.221.46]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 131E3431FAE for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2010 01:20:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from cha92-13-88-165-248-19.fbx.proxad.net ([88.165.248.19] helo=jigen) by vuizook.err.no with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NTB12-0000Xe-NT for notmuch@notmuchmail.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:20:23 +0100 Received: from mh by jigen with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1NTB11-00072M-QO for notmuch@notmuchmail.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:20:19 +0100 Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:20:19 +0100 From: Mike Hommey To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org Message-ID: <20100108092019.GA6671@glandium.org> References: <874oo7hex2.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org> <87y6lewqtw.fsf@convex-new.cs.unb.ca> <87638i75sz.fsf@home.veldthuis.com> <1260227209-sup-184@riseup.net> <874oo22blf.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org> <20100108025620.GB28357@lapse.rw.madduck.net> <20100108080636.GA26839@glandium.org> <20100108090317.GB735@lapse.rw.madduck.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100108090317.GB735@lapse.rw.madduck.net> X-GPG-Fingerprint: A479 A824 265C B2A5 FC54 8D1E DE4B DA2C 54FD 2A58 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: Re: Quick thoughts on a notmuch daemon X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:20:25 -0000 On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 10:03:21PM +1300, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Mike Hommey [2010.01.08.2106 +1300]: > > I'm in \o_ (though I won't be in Wellington). I've been thinking > > about a fuse filesystem on top of notmuch for a while. > > Grand news to see you interested! A FUSE filesystem is <25 functions > to implement, and each function is basically an entity of its own > and thus highly parallisable. Once we agreed on a general mapping > between filesystem i/o and notmuch interaction, 25 of us can write > a function each and be done. How's that for collaboration? ;) FYI, I have a good experience writing fuse filesystems, both with high-level and low-level APIs. I'd avise to use the low-level API, which allows for better performance. Mike