From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B4706DE0931 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2017 07:46:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.015 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.015 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.097, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=disabled Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wvAeXHdnXmAL for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2017 07:46:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cock.li (cock.li [185.100.85.212]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69F646DE00D3 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2017 07:46:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Attic Hermit DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=cock.li; s=mail; t=1505573213; bh=QIcD56HhTSyQPv9U1JufknsB9nlNFEJZVBSUtKbIquE=; h=From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=Y8Vg6BcQ4DANnFKcRscnl2zFektJenbHPTOeoys/EK24GKFYUi5VLd4KUgNsWxCHq 2X9zqpIuI2YUm37DIXIESXGh5LoTiXZBh544Q0CdMwNL3EdiYGT8HlyYJwlQTjpJ6x sB4abqtDy/l8sl1NBXA+fpEve1QrTM7zyoPeC+8ZngtnUlpUHLVp9QIfmT+1pI+0HR lIEAl9TercEtYU/0SX+3p0YD830Gwn/TjCiqdbTbfvuzHtak/ghTrPHSFMqBSqqqxK +yjuZLhL9KX0FIhMtc6R0UnnnDJRDj+E8RnJ4t/JiotabsecJ1am+uwVzSGOLy+c30 HqYJwvE7s+CfA== To: David Bremner , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: What is notmuch compact and should I use it? In-Reply-To: <87tw02aevx.fsf@tethera.net> References: <87mv5vcvd9.fsf@gmail.com> <87y3pe4ztw.fsf@tethera.net> <87a81udcw8.fsf@gmail.com> <87tw02aevx.fsf@tethera.net> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 23:46:49 +0900 Message-ID: <8760cid7l2.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 14:46:57 -0000 All things are clear now. Thank you! David Bremner writes: > Attic Hermit writes: > >> David Bremner writes: >> >>> There is some tradeoff: search should be faster after a compact, but >>> indexing many messages will likely be slower. >> >> Maybe I'm wrong, but is it meaning that it will be taking a long time to >> compact many messages, or after doing `notmuch compact`, indexing many >> new messages will be slower because of the compacted database? > > The latter, according to the xapian documentation. > > d -- Attic Hermit