Re: Bug: Unrecognized option: --sort=newest-first

[Firmin Martin <firminmartin24@gmail.com>]

Adam Plaice <plaice.adam+notmuch@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm not a notmuch developer, but I think that the point is that if
> you're using "unstable" MELPA (i.e. not Stable MELPA), then your emacs
> package will be based on the latest development version (tip of git
> master).  If you've built the notmuch binary from a release, then the
> notmuch binary and the emacs package won't be in sync.
>
> The latest development version of notmuch does have a sort option:
>
> https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=commit;h=32f42581e35ee0ebdd89c4cb44292e7979dc5eb7
>
> but it hasn't yet been included in any "released" version of notmuch.
>
>
> If you use use-package, then I'd recommend adding MELPA stable to your
> package-archives and pinning notmuch to melpa-stable:
>
> (use-package notmuch :pin melpa-stable)
>
> It won't solve the issue of notmuch-emacs being out of sync with
> repository packages (at least not on stable distros), but it will make
> it easier to keep up with from-source binary builds (or binaries from
> Nix/Guix if you use that).

Ah, that's make a lot of sense. Thanks, Adam.
I Will opt for that solution.
Also thank you David, I didn't understand immediately your reply.

Have a good day,

Firmin