Re: [Evolution] vfolder feature request

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 10:46, grok wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 05:49, Not Zed wrote:
>  
> > You can manually specify the list of folders to use.  So you can already
> > do this, albeit with a couple of extra clicks, one for each folder you
> > want to search.
>
> Surely you're not serious. People like me have dozens and HUNDREDS of
> subfolders to be searched. Brute force clicking is not an option,
> really.

If you have hundreds of folders, it seems you already have an
information managment problem, and i dont think saving a few clicks is
really going to solve any of it.

> With other programs, global searches were easily performed of course --
> but vfolders are a clear advance on these, and I am happy to use them.
> However, IMO, the one-step ability to pin-point the 'root' of an
> otherwise 'global' search using vfolders would only solidify Evolution's
> reputation as a powerful email database. Otherwise it will be tedium
> itself to set up. Please seriously consider implementing this.


> > You can also setup a vfolder and then vfolder off of
> > that, i think thats what you're asking for.  Its just a manual process.
>
> ?
> Seems to me that there's not really an alternative to coded-in recursion
> here. 

> Besides the probable fact that it appears to be the 'elegant' thing to
> do (I mean, vfolders are supposed to be a major feature of Evolution,
> right? i.e. they are supposed to be a fully-implemented, well-rounded
> aspect of Evo), one of the main points of coding is _to automate the
> repetitive side of computing_.
>
> What would it really take to add recursion, eh?

1/2 a day or so to write and test the code that does the work.  Probably
a day or 2 to do the code that lets the user operate it.  Definetly a
feature bug request at bugzilla.ximian.com.