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getmail service documentation error?

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From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Cc: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
Subject: getmail service documentation error?
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:05:29 +0200

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The documentation of the getmail service’s delete_after setting is
confusing and appears to contradict upstream documentation at
<http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/configuration.html>.

I am not sure, but the code in the getmail file in the getmail source
code also appears to call destination.deliver_message before deleting,
in agreement with upstream.

Can someone with knowledge check?  Shall I push the attached patch?

Regards,
Florian

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Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
To: "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Cc: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: getmail service documentation error?
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:47:11 +0100

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pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de> writes:

> The documentation of the getmail service’s delete_after setting is
> confusing and appears to contradict upstream documentation at
> <http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/configuration.html>.
>
> I am not sure, but the code in the getmail file in the getmail source
> code also appears to call destination.deliver_message before deleting,
> in agreement with upstream.
>
> Can someone with knowledge check?  Shall I push the attached patch?

The change and patch looks reasonable to me.

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Message #13 received at 37804-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
Cc: 37804-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: getmail service documentation error?
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:02:31 +0200

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 08:47:11AM +0100, Christopher Baines wrote:
> The change and patch looks reasonable to me.


Pushed.  Thank you!

Message #16 received at 37804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: 37804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37804: getmail service documentation error?
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:09:13 +0200

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 10:02:31AM +0200, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 08:47:11AM +0100, Christopher Baines wrote:
> > The change and patch looks reasonable to me.
> 
> 
> Pushed.  Thank you!
> 
> 
> 

I forgot prefixing the commit with doc.  Too late now.  Sorry.

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