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 4A1A7429E43 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:53:06 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] autolearn=disabled 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 JcA+UvjEmPRS for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:53:02 -0800 (PST) X-Greylist: delayed 330 seconds by postgrey-1.32 at olra; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:53:02 PST Received: from kaylee.flamingspork.com (kaylee.flamingspork.com [74.207.245.61]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 983C9429E42 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:53:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from willster (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kaylee.flamingspork.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0E8F6070; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:44:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by willster (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 017453060E62; Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:47:28 +1100 (EST) From: Stewart Smith To: Ethan Glasser-Camp , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/13] Modular message store code In-Reply-To: <1329343326-16410-1-git-send-email-glasse@cs.rpi.edu> References: <1329343326-16410-1-git-send-email-glasse@cs.rpi.edu> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.11+72~g8ea8292 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.3.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:47:28 +1100 Message-ID: <877gznz0bz.fsf@flamingspork.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:53:06 -0000 On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:01:53 -0500, Ethan Glasser-Camp wrote: > I'm submitting as RFC this patch series, which introduces the idea of > a "mailstore", a "class" that defines how to access mail, instead of > currently assuming it's always some Maildir-ish hierarchy that > contains a bunch of mail. This is really awesome. Quite a while ago now I did some experiments on storing my entire Maildir inside git packs instead of in maildir. This produced an *amazing* saving in disk space used. My idea is to end up with Maildir for "current" (as everything delivers into Maildir without a problem) and then on a (say) monthly basis, packing all mail into an archive file and have notmuch be able to still read it. you know what... this patch set has re-ignited my interest in making that work. -- Stewart Smith