POLL: what should reconstruct -f do?

[Simon Matter]

> On Saturday 23 April 2011 01:07:00 Bron Gondwana wrote:
>> The question came up from the following bug report:
>>
>> http://bugzilla.cyrusimap.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3449
>>
>> Where there were spool files on disk, but no meta data left.
>> Reconstruct gave no information about the files on disk at
>> all.
>>
>> I see 4 options, can I'd like some opinions on what people
>> think reconstruct should do.  Speak now(ish) or hold your
>> peace!
>>
>> 1) what we do now - require a cyrus.header in the directory
>>    or ignore it.
>>
>> 2) like (1) but warn about the directory with no cyrus.header
>>
>> 3) add the mailbox if there's a directory, don't require
>>    cyrus.header.
>>
>> 4) like (3) - but check that there's at least one cyrus.* file
>>    OR at least one message file in the directory before
>>    creating the mailbox.  (so an empty directory doesn't generate
>>    a bogus mailbox, and neither does one containing nothing that
>>    looks like it belongs in a mailbox)
>>
>>
>> Alright, cast your votes!  I'll come back to this thread in a week
>> or so and implement the winner.  (4) is the hardest to implement,
>> but even that's not very tricky.
>>
>
> I vote for 3.
>
> Mainly as I am wondering what will happen in the following situation:
> A folder "X" exists on the filesystem, but isn't "recorded" as a folder.
>
> What happens when a user now tries to create folder "X"?
>
> If the reconstruct had "recorded" it, any possible contents will already
> be
> known and no further decision about what to do with that folder has to be
> made.

What I was wondering, isn't it possible with IMAP to have a folder with no
parentfolder? If yes, does a reconstruct then create the parent folder
which was not intended to be there?

Simon