Don Armstrong <d...@debian.org> writes: Hi Don,
> There are two main reasons why I didn't really complete this part of the > interface: > > 1) Returning large attachments in get_mail_log() would be fairly > surprising to existing users of that interface; it should really return > some kind of record of the MIME structure which could then be retrieved > using a second interface I guess you mean get_bug_log. Since it returns just empty 'attachments' as of today, and it isn't specified anywhere what shall be in, it makes sense. > 2) MIME messages are much more complicated than just a list of > attachments; there could be additional messages with more attachments > within them Yes, although such nested attachments are rather rare in bug communication I guess. > So instead of completing the engineering, I punted, and provided the > important part of the interface (access to the main text part of the > message), and left the unimportant part for as technical debt. > > I'd be happy to accept a patch which modified get_mail_log to also > include the mime structure in attachments (or something like that), and > a second SOAP API which provided a mechanism to retrieve those > attachments. Will try this. It will take some days, 'tho. > [As I think SOAP is a technical dead end, I also think that > a REST API should probably do the same thing... but I'm really short on > time.] Good idea. Shall I raise a (wishlist) bug report about? Best regards, Michael.
