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From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>
To: Edward Betts <edward@4angle.com>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Subject: Re: FastMail uses xapian for real time search, can we do the same?
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Edward Betts <edward@4angle.com> writes:

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> Is there any enthusiasm for adding real time search to notmuch?

It sounds interesting. I do wonder if just better (read, any) retry
handling might give most of the user benefits with fewer moving parts.

I think the real reason that the locking failures bother me less is just
a workflow one: I don't have notmuch-insert / notmuch-new running in the
background, but rather fetch a few few times a day. I'm not saying
everyone should read mail like I do, just explaining why it's less of a
priority for me personally than some other issues.

d