[aur-dev] Notification System Overhaul

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On more thing, there should be a "in-reply-to" field in each message's
header, these fieldes should be the same for the some message thread
to make gmail like system properly thread them.

2013/4/25 Limao Luo <luolimao at gmail.com>:
> On 04/24/2013 07:25 PM, Limao Luo wrote:
>>
>> On 04/24/2013 06:30 PM, canyonknight wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> The current notification system for the AUR is lacking in features and
>>> isn't too pretty on the code side of things. Before I try and finalize
>>> the code I have, I wanted to lay out what I was planning for some
>>> feedback.
>>>
>>> Right now the AUR only allows for notifications when a user adds a
>>> comment. I would like users to have access to notifications for the
>>> following package actions:
>>> - New comments on packages
>>> - Package updates
>>> - Package adoption/orphaning
>>> - Package deletion/merging
>>>
>>> I think having the ability to select those 4 types of notifications
>>> brings a lot more flexibility while not being overly complicated.
>>>
>>> As for the AUR web interface changes, the package details page would
>>> feature a link to modify that specific package's notifications. The
>>> page would feature a list of all potential types of notifications the
>>> user can subscribe to with a check box next to each option. The user
>>> can then select all/some/none of the notifications for that specific
>>> package.
>>>
>>> On the backend side of things, swiftmailer seems to be a decent choice
>>> for sending the notifications. It is actively developed, has all the
>>> features the AUR would really need, and has a nice interface on the
>>> programming side of things. All the notification code mixed in with
>>> package functions and the like could be ripped out allowing for easier
>>> modification down the road.
>>>
>>> Ideally the following bugs should be closed after everything is
>>> implemented:
>>> FS#15412 - Send a notification when a package is orphaned or adopted
>>> FS#19948 - Add whether or not I'm the maintainer to the aur-notify email
>>> su
>>> FS#27687 - Merging packages does not transfer the notify list.
>>> FS#30109 - email notification upon package update
>>> FS#31850 - Send notification e-mails in preferred user language
>>> FS#31851 - Overhaul e-mail notification system
>>> FS#34843 - Make bugs/AUR messages more visible
>>>
>>> Does anyone have anything major they would like to see out of the
>>> notification system? Is there anything anyone disagrees with?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jason
>>
>> Is there any reason to notify for adoptions? I don't get the benefit, and
>> it's just more clutter from my POV.
>
> Whoops, misread. I didn't realize you could turn it off. Ignore my noise,
> sorry.