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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: [Bug 54474] changing subject does not break thread
From:       Don Sanders <sanders () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-03-01 8:31:49
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On Saturday 01 March 2003 05:06, Alexander Kellett wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 02:52:09PM +1000, Don Sanders wrote:
> > Yeah, I understand that many people would prefer a break thread
> > option. But this seems distasteful to me, and personally I would
> > prefer automatic thread breaking, but unless there's widespread
> > popular support for that I won't push too hard for it. Perhaps
> > placing a patch on kmail.kde.org and closing the bug would be an
> > acceptable compromise.
>
> In fact, one thing that bugs me in mutt (and i can probablyfix it,
> just haven't got the time) is the fact that subject changes don't
> break thread. In most cases (90%) breaking the thread is the
> correct thing to do. BUT, this is very dependant on the
> understanding of "breaking the thread", by this I mean not a full
> thread break but rather mean that the mail with changed subject
> should be made a root item rather than a thread subitem, _and_
> should NOT be placed elsewhere, i.e, it shouldn't be placed in a
> completely different section in the email list but should simply be
> placed as the next thread.

Right.

> By the way, is threading in kmail 'lazy"?, i.e, I just deleted
> a few mails from a thread in mutt, then asked mutt to sync the
> mailbox and suddenly the threads were reorganized, thus making
> me lose my current reading position and requiring me to find
> the thread once again, very bad for usability.

Until recently deleting a parent message in a thread used to scatter 
the children messages.

Now the child messages should retain there order in the listview until 
the list is resorted or until the folder is left and then re-entered. 

Which is an improvement but still not perfect. (Like breaking threads 
when the subject changes perfection in this case probably differs 
from person to person).

Don.

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