Re[2]: threding/sorting interaction (bug 870)
Vadim Zeitlin <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:35:33 -0700 (Pacific Standard Time) Brendan Barnwell <[email protected]> wrote: BB> I'd just like to say that I'd prefer threading not be turned off when BB> sorting, unless I'm misunderstanding. Does this mean there'd be no BB> way to sort threads as units, you'd only be able to sort individual BB> messages? This would not be good. The trouble is that although it is allowed now it doesn't always work as expected. Unfortunately I have no time (and even probably not enough knowledge of this part of the code) to fix this and so all I did was to provide a quick way to turn threading off if it doesn't work as you want it to. BB> I support the original suggestion of deciding the sort order of a BB> thread based on the single message in the thread which would go BB> closest to the top of the list. This works well for ascending sort but not for descending. Or vice versa. Whatever -- it only works for one direction. BB> As for the objection that new incoming mails would then screw up the BB> sort order, how about this: is it possible to make the sorting a static BB> thing rather than having it constantly watch for new messages to sort? It is possible to do it but I think it's a very bad idea. Either the list is sorted or it is not, a list which is sometimes sorted but not always is somethign very strange. In any case, I almost surely am not going to change anything in this area any time soon... Regards, VZ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=4721&alloc_id=10040&op=click