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 36C5B6DE02DD for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2017 05:52:17 -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 nOVJBFraJswJ for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2017 05:52:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cock.li (cock.li [185.100.85.212]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C5EAB6DE00E6 for ; Sat, 16 Sep 2017 05:52:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Attic Hermit DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=cock.li; s=mail; t=1505566332; bh=Btu04b/NycDS0qeu88z7B1SzUhXgg9ikqhmL0UG4RQI=; h=From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=ttHzdNTdCXo1YQcY2I6iD8Wn5cTu7CB5kXuZVDgmuxp/hS50Rbs1N+Su/w4C+B/La Oah4iD7vpvW6ZEZAny+gOhSw+Iyt/VfO15GUJ14S6JIB5yGDaCH34DkGKwdHQmkEFm vHjO/tDazczpcjl9LoHwFgOaeWyqBroiU05OdnKCkYV8fFlG47lmmKBFYUt7mMjwyH +eyP9p+2euhQk5mrLx4fdReX3ElHJDlN3vDe8FHzxmk1ZCZY9Ma9RDBfToHZCHQja0 8d82RnmdyygYr7kQaYh0oc9RdbnNd7uPCAG20tTCvI/IG9N2CMovDZzYvAuA1ZgT+s USSttZ6DESBxw== To: David Bremner , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: What is notmuch compact and should I use it? In-Reply-To: <87y3pe4ztw.fsf@tethera.net> References: <87mv5vcvd9.fsf@gmail.com> <87y3pe4ztw.fsf@tethera.net> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 21:52:07 +0900 Message-ID: <87a81udcw8.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 12:52:17 -0000 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? -- Attic Hermit