Re: [Mutt] #2897: message counts in mailbox view all zero (IMAP,
Mutt <fleas <at> mutt.org>
2008-06-04 09:32:02 GMT
#2897: message counts in mailbox view all zero (IMAP, courier)
Comment (by sideshowbarker):
Replying to [comment:15 knuta]:
> I'm not arguing that dots should be valid directory separators in the
configuration, that's not my point at all. I just wrote the patch this way
to make it small and easy to read and understand. I's meant for
demonstrating what the problem is and a way for others to verify if their
symptoms are due to the same problem, not as a complete fix to be applied
as-is
I'm the one who originally filed this particular bug, so I'll try to make
time to apply the patch and report back about whether it eliminates the
symptoms for my case.
--Mike
I guess I should note that this had become much less of an acute problem
for me than it was when I first reported it. The reason being: After
initially reporting -- more than a year ago now -- the regression that's
the subject of this issue, I also took a little time to pinpoint the exact
change that actually introduced it (r5052 -- see
http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/2897#comment:1 ). But I lacked the chops
to productively try to figure out myself how to fix it, and for a long
time after, saw little or no movement being made toward a fix.
For the record, with the above comment I'm not trying to place blame --
just saying that's the way things were. And as an open-source coder
myself, I fully understand that the project committers have the right to
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