Re: announce: nnmaildir 2001.12.19

[prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)]

Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
> prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:
>> <URL:http://multivac.cwru.edu./nnmaildir/>
>
> Paul, I noticed  a warning on our pages about skipping versions and
> what it might cause,

That hasn't really been an issue lately.  A few versions ago, there
was a big change in the on-disk format, and I put in some code to
migrate the old information so nothing would be lost, and then removed
that code later.  So skipping the version in the middle could be
harmful.  I doubt there will be any more such changes, and if there
are, we can keep the migration code around longer.

> but I see no handy way to tell which version is currently in use.
> Nothing in the *.el file to indicate version.

See the variable nnmaildir-version (which could probably be removed
now, since nnmaildir is now in CVS).

> Also maybe a condensed version of the info on our pages as a
> `comments' section.  Findable with M-x finder-commentary.

Ah - is that simply pulled from the comment at the top of the file?  I
think I can take care of that.  I'm working on an addition to the
manual, too.

> There should be a private message on you incoming spool some where
> with a detailed report, see:

I haven't seen it.  Resend?


paul