Feature request - New retention policy: Always keep unread messages

[MonoS]

As the title says, a new retention policy option to not delete unread message. I've already checked inside the codebase, downloaded here https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/archive/tip.zip , so here some pointers:

• \mailnews\base\content\folderProps.xhtml and \mailnews\base\prefs\content\am-offline.xhtml Here a new checkbox should be added after the "retention.applyToFlagged" element's hbox

• \mailnews\base\content\retention.js Here initCommonRetentionSettings and saveCommonRetentionSettings should be modified to get/set the new option

• \mailnews\base\prefs\content\am-offline.js Here in onLockPreference the new option should be added, in onPreInit the option should be set to hidden like the "retention.applyToFlagged" option

• \mailnews\db\msgdb\public\nsMsgDatabase.h Here a new boolean protected attribute should be add to structure nsMsgRetentionSettings

• \mailnews\db\msgdb\public\nsIMsgDatabase.idl I don't know if this file is autogenerated, but if it's not the new attribute should be added at the end of interface nsIMsgRetentionSettings

• \mailnews\base\src\nsMsgIncomingServer.cpp Here method nsMsgIncomingServer::SetRetentionSettings and nsMsgIncomingServer::GetRetentionSettings should be modified to use the new attribute

• \mailnews\db\msgdb\src\nsMsgDatabase.cpp Here the constructor should be changed to set a default value to the new member attribute, also setter and getter should be created like the ones for m_applyToFlaggedMessages, then method nsMsgDatabase::SetMsgRetentionSettings and nsMsgDatabase::GetMsgRetentionSettings should be modified to use the new attribute. After that method signature of nsMsgDatabase::FindMessagesOlderThan and nsMsgDatabase::FindExcessMessages should be changed to include the new parameter after applyToFlaggedMessages, then, after the code that skip the message if is nsMsgMessageFlags::Marked, a new check should be implemented, like the one for Marked, to check flag nsMsgMessageFlags::Read. In the end method nsMsgDatabase::ApplyRetentionSettings should call the new getter and pass the new flag to the other two method.

From my research that should be all, i hope to not have missed something

[Betterbird]

Why don't you browse the code at: https://searchfox.org/comm-central/source

[MonoS]

Because i didn't know it existed, i've downloaded the code and searched with np++ so I guess is kind of the same thing? maybe i've searched the latest commit instead of a specific version

[Betterbird]

Searchfox is much more convenient, it has cross references, history, logs, etc.

[MonoS]

Oh, nice, i'll recheck everything with it and edit my post with new finding then, thanks.

[Betterbird]

From my research that should be all, i hope to not have missed something

It would be easier if you submitted a patch. Looks like you also need to add some strings for the UI. BTW, IDL files define interfaces, they are not auto-generated, but include files are generated from them.

[MonoS]

It would be easier if you submitted a patch

I could do that, i just hope I won't struggle with the build system like all the time :)

[Betterbird]

Depending on your OS, the one-liner ./build.sh 128 might just work. README.md has a bit of information. Also, you don't necessarily need to build it. Just make the code changes you described and submit a patch.

[MonoS]

Depending on your OS, the one-liner ./build.sh 128 might just work.

Well, what i'm most interested in is downloading the correct version, would this download the correct version i should diff to? BTW i'm on windows.

[Betterbird]

You should follow https://github.com/Betterbird/thunderbird-patches/blob/main/README.md for Windows.

At the end you can issue ./build.sh 128 apply. That just makes the source code ready without compiling it.

[Betterbird]

If you don't want to build, you can just download the comm-central or comm-esr128 repository. That's much smaller than the Mozilla repository which you need to build.