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

Marten Veldthuis marten at veldthuis.com
Fri Nov 27 06:18:50 PST 2009


On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 05:46:32AM -0800, Carl Worth wrote:
>> -    } 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.

Yes, at first I thought I'd read the patch wrong... I think you definately 
want some output, just not the joke. Don't worry, it *was* funny the first 
time.

-- 
- Marten


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