[Kolab-devel] [MAJOR UPDATE] KEP #14: Non-conflicting edits of RFC5228/Sieve scripts by multiple editors

[Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems)]

Georg C. F. Greve wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> There has been a very good and intensive discussion of some of the
> underlying ideas and concepts of KEP #14 with contributions by Jeroen &
> Alec, in particular. Thanks so much for your input, this has been most
> helpful!
> 

I'm confused with the variables 'global.editor' and 'global.editor_version';

- 'global' is a namespace (thanks to the '.' delimiter), but the variables 
Sieve extension only allows namespacing variables through extensions defining 
variables for their own namespace.

- If a 'global' variable namespace were defined and valid, setting 'editor' 
and 'editor_version' in this namespace (i.e. globally) is negating the 
possibilty to track which Sieve editor has (last) written out a particular 
Sieve script.

- Furthermore, I'm afraid perhaps we're storing the editor and version twice; 
Once in the mandatory and immutable USER script, and once in the user specific 
script.

Perhaps what we want / need is that USER specifies;

set 'editor' 'my left and right hands'
set 'editor_version' 'insert your date of birth here'

and forget about providing the name and version in a comment in USER / through 
set commands in the included script?

- Additionally;

"""Manually edited scripts MUST be designated with the value 'MANUAL' for 
editor and 'NONE' for its version and MUST always be considered read-only by 
all editors."""

KEP #14 compatible users?

- A small wikiwiki syntax error using \t (tabs) in the example user specific 
script is causing the markup to fail. Please start the line with a single \s 
(space) character, and not a tab.

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen

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