[notmuch] [PATCH] notmuch-new: Remove the tiresome joke from the output.

Carl Worth cworth at cworth.org
Fri Nov 27 05:46:32 PST 2009


On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:41:20 +0000, Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk> wrote:
> As I see this every time I poll for new mail, the joke becomes very old
> very quickly.  The other instances of "not much" are shown much less
> often and have a much more natural style, this one however feels forced,
> impairing the humorous effect.

Fine. My joke wen stale quickly. I'll agree to remove it.

> -    } else {
> -	printf ("No new mail---and that's not much.\n");
>      }

Shouldn't we still print *something* here, though ("No new mail")?
Imagine the new user trying to ensure "notmuch new" is working---and
let's say it's not, (due to the current symlink bug or so). A silent
success here won't make it clear whether "notmuch new" has actually done
anything or not.

-Carl


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