Re: [Evolution-hackers] Re: Asynchronous mail download [was Re: [Evolution] Re:

[Ettore Perazzoli <ettore helixcode com>]

On 16 Dec 2000 16:37:22 -0500, NotZed wrote:
> Thats complicated ... and i still dont see how it will help.
>
> New mail is indicated by events off the folder, and the folder is always
> frozen during incorporation, etc.
>
> Incorporation is part of the filter layer anyway, maybe it could be helped
> by fine-graining the locks a bit more.

  OK, there must be something I am missing here in the Camel/mailer
design.  But if you say it cannot be done this way, I believe you.  :-)

> I was about to get stuck into mt-camel anyway, since it seems the best
> use of my time at the moment (which is idling a lot 'cause there's
> nothing i want to work on), at least an initial design/test phase of
> maybe a few days effort.  I will branch first.

  How much time do you think you are going to need to complete this?
How big are the chances of destabilizing the whole thing for a long
time?  (A completely MT-safe Camel would be awesome, I am just a bit
concerned about the timelines.)

  Dan, any comments on this?

-- 
Ettore