Re : filter config head vs 2-0 incompatability

[manu <eallaud yahoo fr>]

On 11.08.2004 18:01:22, Kacper Wysocki wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> this will obviously not be the biggest issue for you devs, but I have  
> noticed that balsa-head doesn't read the 2-0 filter configuration  
> section properly- filter patterns were 'skewed', ie if I had three  
> filter entries:
>
> 1. balsa
>  From/to/cc: balsa-list
>    move to LISTS/balsa-list
> 2. bugtraq
>  From/to/cc: bugtraq
>    move to LISTS/bugtraq
> 3. openbox
>  From/to/cc: openbox
>    move to LISTS/openbox
>
> mail to the balsa list would end up in the bugtraq folder upon  
> checking mail with balsa-head! Indeed, opening the filter  
> configuration dialog and accessing the bugtraq entry, the pattern  
> would say 'balsa-list' instead of 'bugtraq'. All filters were  
> similarily skewed. Opening balsa-2-0 again the filters were all still  
> set up correctly. I fixed the problem by creating a separate config  
> file for balsa-2-1 and rewriting the filters.
>
> Now, to launch balsa-2-1 need to
> cp ~/.gnome2/balsa ~/.gnome2/balsa-2-0 &&
> cp ~/.gnome2/balsa-2-1 ~/.gnome2/balsa &&
> balsa-2-1 &&
> cp ~/.gnome2/balsa ~/.gnome2/balsa-2-1 &&
> cp ~/.gnome2/balsa-2-0 ~/.gnome2/balsa &&
>
> Now, the question is: since very few are likely interested in full  
> configuration backwards-compatability, is it possible to include a  
> commandline option or compile-time option so balsa-head reads&writes  
> a different config file than balsa-2-0? Or maybe I've missed  
> something and such an option already exists?
>
> Cheers,
> 	Kacper

Hi Kacper,
actually there is some compatibility code in HEAD to try to retrieve  
filters from 2.0.x versions, though it seems that there are still some  
issues pending.
Bye
Manu