[RFC] parsemail.py: Don't search for patches in replies

[Markus Mayer]

On 7 February 2014 14:37, Wolfram Sang <wsa at the-dreams.de> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 11:06:39PM +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:
>> Am 06.02.2014 23:49 schrieb Markus Mayer:
>> > Make sure we don't attempt to search for a patch in a reply e-mail.
>> > There are MUAs out there who leave the quoted e-mail intact without
>> > prepending quote characters such as ">" at the beginning of each line.
>> >
>> > When that happens, parse_patch() thinks the quoted patch is new. The
>> > result are multiple database entries containing the same patch (one for
>> > each such reply) when one would really expect a consolidated thread
>> > containing the entire discussion and only one copy of the patch.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Markus Mayer <markus.mayer at linaro.org>
>>
>> AFAICS this will cause loss of patches which are sent as replies.
>
> +1. This approach will cause more pain than gain. Move those users away
> from Outlook, would be my recommendation.

Have you ever worked for a 10,000+ employee organization?

And no, I don't particularly like this solution, either. But I
couldn't come up with a better one.

-Markus