Hi Hubert, This topic looks very interesting but the lines are broken so it's very hard to review and can't be applied.
Could you try to re-send the patch series with another tool (did you use git-send-email ?) or make a PR please ? Thanks, On Sat, Mar 02, 2019 at 04:22:21AM -0500, Hubert Pineault wrote: > From 38a9e7de795fff5733a8df5c4fa3b3ea8cf8a602 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Hubert Pineault <hpinea...@riseup.net> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 > 01:20:00 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/7] New feature: Update folder structure > to new config parameters. > > Motivation: > If you change some of the config file paremeters, like nametrans and > utf8 decode, it will completly mess your maildir folder > structure. So, to make changes in config file, you need to > re-download the whole imap account. If it weights a few gigs, it's a > bit annoying. With the coming of features like remote folder > creation and utf8 decoding of folder names, a converting tool could > be handy for some of us. > > Introduction: > The objectif is to convert an actual maildir folder structure to a > new one. There is still a farely good amount of work to do in order > to make it ready to merge with main branch. I have already > identified some changes that should be made in the update > process. Those points are raised in details related commits' > messages. I will need some help with cleaning the code and, notably, > exceptions handling. > > The three main points that will need a complete rewritting are: > > - The invoking method (actually, we load two independent config > files) > - The way different config parameters are handled by objects > - (actually, we use two accounts, so two remote, local and status > repos) > - Instead of altering existing class, it could be a better idea to > create a child class specific for updating. > > Patch content (7 commits): > - The one your reading. Only a commit message. Load up new config > - file to which we're uploading Invoke updating process Various new > - methods invoked by the update-process Alterations to existing > - methods needed by the update process Main update method. Loop > - through each account, and prepare for update. Get content from > - old folder structure and copy it to new structure > > Signed-off-by: Hubert Pineault <hpinea...@riseup.net> > -- > 2.11.0 -- Nicolas Sebrecht _______________________________________________ OfflineIMAP-project mailing list: OfflineIMAP-project@alioth-lists.debian.net https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/offlineimap-project OfflineIMAP homepages: - https://github.com/OfflineIMAP - http://offlineimap.org
