Re: Considering reverting imaplib2.py and IDLE support - need feedback

[Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 20:00 -0400, Tim Gray wrote:
> On Sun  9, Aug'09 at  5:11 PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Patch 3847d0ba9 introduced IMAP IDLE support, and with it switched from
> > Python's built-in imaplib.py to imaplib2.py.  I have received numerous
> > reports of all sorts of hanging and crashing bugs new to 6.1.0, and
> > believe that they are attributable to this change.
> 
> I've been using IDLE since it was put in the code base on two boxes 
> concurrently and it's been great.  I've not had any problems with IDLE.

This may be a dumb question, but wouldn't setting idlefolders to an
empty list (or just not setting it at all) mean that IDLE is never sent,
and hence that hanging and crashing should not occur?

I've been using offlineimap without any crashing/hanging since the 6.1.0
update, I'm pleased to say. Of course I'm also aware that nothing is
ever a bug until it bites you in the ass.

I will try using idlefolders and see if that makes a difference to the
stability of my setup.