unregistration options

[David Relson]

Hi Simon,

Currently '-s' and '-n' can be considered as performing single actions, 
i.e. register, while '-S' and '-N' perform dual actions, unregister and 
register.  Bogofilter's option scanner remembers the last option seen, so 
'-SnNs' is the same as '-s'.  The changed code has each option tied to a 
single option and, as scanning progresses, each new option will turn off 
any conflicting preceding options, i.e. both '-S -N' and '-n -N' mean '-N'.

Implementing backward compatibility in the manner you suggest is 
unsatisfactory.  If action modifiers were to be implemented, it'd be better 
to use a new option letter rather than reuse an existing letter.  "-U" has 
been suggested by several people as an option that could be used with '-S' 
or '-N' and would mean "unregister only".

Essentially the two leading ideas for registration options are:

1 - have '-s', '-n', '-N', and '-S' each correspond to a single action, 
with combinations allowed, and each new option turns off preceding 
conflicting option.

2 - have '-s', '-n', '-N', and '-S' retain their current meanings with new 
flag '-U' usable only with '-S' and '-N' and meaning "unregister only".

Option 1 has received the most votes in the polls of Feb 6 and of Feb 27.

David


At 04:12 AM 2/28/03, Simon Huggins wrote:

>Hi bogofilter,
>
>On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 06:47:46PM -0500, Greg Louis wrote:
> > If you're reopening the poll I vote you proceed as you had planned: -S
> > and -N unregister, and -Sn and -Ns do the old thing.  With respect and
> > sympathy for Dan's position, I still feel this approach is clean and
> > elegant and will save more headaches than it causes.
>
>Is there any good reason we can't keep backwards compatibility and make
>the new thing use the new options?
>
>i.e. -S moves from non-spam to spam
>      -Sn unregisters from spam list
>          (i.e. move from non-spam to spam and add to non-spam list)
>
>Surely it's more useful to have the -S and -N options to correct
>bogofilter's perception of a mail than these new options?  Or did I miss
>something obvious?
>
>Simon.
>
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