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 492DD40DBC8 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:59:17 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.6 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=ham 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 rLMs317lqqYg for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:59:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from tempo.its.unb.ca (tempo.its.unb.ca [131.202.1.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9397440DBC0 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:59:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from zancas.localnet (fctnnbsc30w-142167168134.pppoe-dynamic.High-Speed.nb.bellaliant.net [142.167.168.134]) (authenticated bits=0) by tempo.its.unb.ca (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id oAENwjKj010526 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:58:57 -0400 Received: from bremner by zancas.localnet with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PHmT3-0002Kw-Lo; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:58:41 -0400 From: David Bremner To: Michal Sojka , Daniel Kahn Gillmor , notmuch Subject: Re: splittng threads [was: Re: Combining threads] In-Reply-To: <87bp5rr1bq.fsf@steelpick.2x.cz> References: <87mxpe81t9.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org> <4CDDF5F3.9040800@fifthhorseman.net> <87bp5rr1bq.fsf@steelpick.2x.cz> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.4 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.2.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:58:40 -0400 Message-ID: <87fwv3bgpb.fsf@zancas.localnet> 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: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:59:17 -0000 On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:24:09 +0100, Michal Sojka wrote: > On Sat, 13 Nov 2010, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > > my current understanding is that a not-uncommon use case is to have two > > separate notmuch instances, synchronized by syncing maildirs and > > tagsets. Would such a thread-split be syncable between two notmuch > > instances? > > It won't be syncable without a special support somewhere in notmuch. > To elaborate, threads are currently reconstructed in every instance rather than being syncable. This is mainly because the thread-ids are generated sequentially. Since messages could arrive in different instances at different times, assigning the "right" thread-id is a bit non-trivial.