From: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>
To: Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU>
Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/13] new: Don't report version after upgrade
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 15:56:04 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874mx2gi6z.fsf@nikula.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140823225945.GL3015@mit.edu>
On Sun, 24 Aug 2014, Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU> wrote:
> Quoth Jani Nikula on Aug 23 at 6:39 pm:
>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2014, Austin Clements <amdragon@MIT.EDU> wrote:
>> > The version number has always been pretty meaningless to the user and
>> > it's about to become even more meaningless with the introduction of
>> > "features". Hopefully, the database will remain on version 3 for some
>> > time to come; however, the introduction of new features over time in
>> > version 3 will necessitate upgrades within version 3. It would be
>> > confusing if we always tell the user they've been "upgraded to version
>> > 3". If the user wants to know what's new, they should read the news.
>>
>> I think this is good for now.
>>
>> What do you think about adding notmuch_database_get_features(), and
>> printing that?
>
> Mark had a similar comment, so here's my reply:
> id:20140727162426.GF13893@mit.edu
>
> I'm happy with adding more transparency around this, though I'd prefer
> to do it as follow-up to avoid expanding this series and because I'm
> pretty sure adding something like notmuch_database_get_features
> wouldn't require any non-trivial changes to the stuff in this series.
Agreed.
BR,
Jani.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-24 12:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-01 2:09 [PATCH v3 00/13] Implement and use database "features" Austin Clements
2014-08-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v3 01/13] test: Include generated dependencies for test sources Austin Clements
2014-08-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v3 02/13] util: Const version of strtok_len Austin Clements
2014-08-06 13:43 ` David Bremner
2014-08-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v3 03/13] new: Don't report version after upgrade Austin Clements
2014-08-23 15:39 ` Jani Nikula
2014-08-23 22:59 ` Austin Clements
2014-08-24 12:56 ` Jani Nikula [this message]
2014-08-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v3 04/13] lib: Database version 3: Introduce fine-grained "features" Austin Clements
2014-08-23 16:02 ` Jani Nikula
2014-08-24 0:57 ` Austin Clements
2014-08-23 22:21 ` David Bremner
2014-08-24 0:58 ` Austin Clements
2014-08-24 3:58 ` David Bremner
2014-08-24 22:16 ` Austin Clements
2014-08-24 23:03 ` David Bremner
2014-08-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v3 05/13] test: Tool to build DB with specific version and features Austin Clements
2014-08-23 16:03 ` Jani Nikula
2014-08-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v3 06/13] test: Tests for future version and unknown feature handling Austin Clements
2014-08-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v3 07/13] lib: Simplify upgrade code using a transaction Austin Clements
2014-08-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v3 08/13] lib: Use database features to drive upgrade Austin Clements
2014-08-01 2:09 ` [PATCH v3 09/13] lib: Reorganize upgrade around document types Austin Clements
2014-08-01 2:10 ` [PATCH v3 10/13] lib: Report progress for combined upgrade operation Austin Clements
2014-08-01 2:10 ` [PATCH v3 11/13] lib: Support empty header values in database Austin Clements
2014-08-01 2:10 ` [PATCH v3 12/13] lib: Return an error from operations that require an upgrade Austin Clements
2014-08-01 2:10 ` [PATCH v3 13/13] lib: Update doc of notmuch_database_{needs_upgrade, upgrade} Austin Clements
2014-08-07 21:55 ` [PATCH v3 00/13] Implement and use database "features" Tomi Ollila
2014-08-08 18:18 ` Austin Clements
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