[RFC PATCH 00/13] Modular message store code

[Stewart Smith]

On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:01:53 -0500, Ethan Glasser-Camp <glasse at cs.rpi.edu> wrote:
> I'm submitting as RFC this patch series, which introduces the idea of
> a "mailstore", a "class" that defines how to access mail, instead of
> currently assuming it's always some Maildir-ish hierarchy that
> contains a bunch of mail.

This is really awesome.

Quite a while ago now I did some experiments on storing my entire
Maildir inside git packs instead of in maildir. This produced an
*amazing* saving in disk space used. My idea is to end up with Maildir
for "current" (as everything delivers into Maildir without a problem)
and then on a (say) monthly basis, packing all mail into an archive file
and have notmuch be able to still read it.

you know what... this patch set has re-ignited my interest in making
that work.

-- 
Stewart Smith