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

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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
> -- 
> 2.11.0


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