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 EB32E431FBC for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:29:06 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.7 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7] autolearn=disabled 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 ULFh2tJunYOT for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:29:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-lpp01m010-f53.google.com (mail-lpp01m010-f53.google.com [209.85.215.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 36433431FAE for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:29:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by lahc1 with SMTP id c1so2772445lah.26 for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:29:04 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=NWuezAJBGoVB4HemHs/ef68B6JpUvXp0JHbsZLzjRk4=; b=fPpLWOgyfipjgiMgxkGsqCgMWbzmCudvhg1VCZKPH74A4rnKwPSLGdElZwErW9+QtD wsEvio4Ao1fsGQyWbE1nmg9izmvwzIDWr/27kUsXzTbYlbUFjyUTsyCevVkjXJc1TNj1 DbV9dt0hs+I1ok2SKIcSFBvreocUy6rrfdJ7AOifdAfJVR91UMH40RjxtN350x00X9b7 sQ0ulPihdVR/BmYLoFhWF6afgtkapcDeeXUhjwzMtkdqhgkC8KX0/PRF4sHwHZDEeUyt w8uhToyW1zP5T74XsEy8GUzNas6jYnJyKDDa182OkUMJDVjYx4wxDddGSZCjjvTIrZII 3AlA== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.113.136 with SMTP id iy8mr4724281lab.50.1331404144506; Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:29:04 -0800 (PST) Sender: awg@xvx.ca Received: by 10.112.109.234 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:29:04 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [96.52.216.56] In-Reply-To: <87fwdh8jmh.fsf@nikula.org> References: <1329893199-21630-1-git-send-email-awg+notmuch@xvx.ca> <1329893199-21630-4-git-send-email-awg+notmuch@xvx.ca> <87fwdh8jmh.fsf@nikula.org> Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:29:04 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: mhy8XL8VxT0nHfWcspO4j9Vn7xo Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 03/10] reply: Require that only one message is returned From: Adam Wolfe Gordon To: Notmuch Mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQn+2xw7r8jiNFf2Q1l4BNGZtntKqtPK7RS478Cub0wmw69jfr7/Avoj9TYLhBkF9Pn6c7GQ 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: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:29:07 -0000 On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 16:00, Jani Nikula wrote: > On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:46:32 -0700, Adam Wolfe Gordon wrote: >> As the semantics of replying to multiple messages have not yet been >> defined well, make notmuch reply require that the search given returns >> only a single message. > > Is there any real reason, apart from consistency between > --format=default and --format=json, to disable the current multiple > message reply? Also "notmuch show" has format specific features and > limitations. > > I agree the semantics should be clarified, and eventually multiple > message reply should be uniformly supported by all formats, including > --format=json, but IMHO this patch should be dropped (and the TODO patch > amended accordingly). It's just for consistency. I like the idea of dropping support for multi-message replies everywhere now, then re-adding it with new semantics later, but I don't feel very strongly about it. If people who use the CLI would prefer to have the default format left as-is for now that's OK with me.