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 96B846DE034D for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2017 04:35:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 0 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.011, 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 uDf1sD16bEl4 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2017 04:35:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fethera.tethera.net (fethera.tethera.net [198.245.60.197]) by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A4E706DE0183 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2017 04:35:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from remotemail by fethera.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1dlCpy-0001Fl-AI; Fri, 25 Aug 2017 07:31:42 -0400 Received: (nullmailer pid 25759 invoked by uid 1000); Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:35:16 -0000 From: David Bremner To: Vladimir Panteleev , notmuch@notmuchmail.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] notmuch on Windows (Cygwin) and AppVeyor In-Reply-To: <20170822224339.22601-1-notmuch@thecybershadow.net> References: <20170822224339.22601-1-notmuch@thecybershadow.net> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 08:35:16 -0300 Message-ID: <87o9r37udn.fsf@tethera.net> 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: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:35:19 -0000 Vladimir Panteleev writes: > I will probably draw the line here, as it looks like actually fixing > some of the failing tests would take some non-trivial work (e.g. one > test failure I saw seems to point towards a bug in Xapian/Cygwin). I'm > also not convinced that, practically speaking, the effort would be > well spent, as probably the best way to run notmuch under Windows > would be using Windows Subsystem for Linux instead of an userspace > POSIX environment like Cygwin or MSYS. If I understand correctly, then the series as a whole is mainly of potential interest to developers wishing to take the notmuch-on-cygwin project farther, rather than to end users. Are there bits proposed for inclusion in notmuch now, or is the primary goal discussion and archiving of the work? d