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On Fri, 2025-02-14 at 12:44 +0100, itd wrote:
> Control: tags -1 - moreinfo
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Phil Wyett <philip.wy...@kathenas.org> writes:
> 
> > Thank you for taking the time to prepare this package and your ongoing
> > contribution to the Debian project.
> 
> and thank you once more for the review and feedback.
> 
> > Test 8 Fail Summary
> > ===================
> > 
> > philwyett@ks-calrissian:~/Downloads$ notifymuch 
> > philwyett@ks-calrissian:~/Downloads$ Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/notifymuch/notification.py", line
> > 52, in
> > on_activate
> >     messages = Messages()
> >   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/notifymuch/messages.py", line 122,
> > in
> > __init__
> >     db = notmuch.Database()
> >   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/notmuch/database.py", line 160, in
> > __init__
> >     Database._std_db_path = self._get_user_default_db()
> >                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
> >   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/notmuch/database.py", line 674, in
> > _get_user_default_db
> >     config.readfp(codecs.open(conf_f, 'r', 'utf-8'))
> >                   ~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >   File "<frozen codecs>", line 921, in open
> > FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
> > '/home/philwyett/.notmuch-config'
> 
> I am assuming that the test is considered a failure since the program
> terminated with an exception.  Was notmuch configured on that machine?
> If not, then I would consider this outcome not a failure (even though a
> nicely formatted error message might be more appealing).
> 
> The package now Enhances/Recommends notmuch, contains a brief manpage,
> and ships upstream's README.rst with expected first steps.  None of this
> will ensure that users configure notmuch first, but it might help them
> figure out how to use this software.
> 
> Best regards
> itd

Hi itd,

Does this package require 'notmuch'? If so, is it a 'Depends' or 'Suggests'.

Failures should have a friendly user readable and understandable message and
then help. This is something you may wish to look at in future uploads?

Regards

Phil

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