[PATCH/RFC] New feature: Update folder structure to new config parameters.

[Hubert Pineault]

Hi Nicolas,

Sorry, it's my very first time contributing through git and
mailinglist. I tested it before and all seemed ok. Will resend tonight
with git-send-email. Although, can you confirm that the message was ok,
aside from broken lines?

Thanks,
Hubert

Nicolas Sebrecht writes:

> 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 <hpineault at 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 <hpineault at riseup.net>
>> --
>> 2.11.0


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