Merge branch 'release'

[notmuch] / bindings / python / notmuch / database.py

diff --git a/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py b/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
index ee0366cd0c846ce848be42c1a349e38be68d7b81..5931f41bc26c28d17ca1b5b306beb9abef313674 100644 (file)
--- a/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
+++ b/bindings/python/notmuch/database.py
@@ -347,7 +347,6 @@ class Database(object):
 
     def get_directory(self, path):
         """Returns a :class:`Directory` of path,
-        (creating it if it does not exist(?))
 
         :param path: An unicode string containing the path relative to the path
               of database (see :meth:`get_path`), or else should be an absolute
@@ -355,8 +354,6 @@ class Database(object):
         :returns: :class:`Directory` or raises an exception.
         :raises: :exc:`FileError` if path is not relative database or absolute
                  with initial components same as database.
-        :raises: :exc:`ReadOnlyDatabaseError` if the database has not been
-                 opened in read-write mode
         """
         self._assert_db_is_initialized()
 
@@ -530,19 +527,10 @@ class Database(object):
                  retry.
         :raises: :exc:`NotInitializedError` if the database was not
                  intitialized.
-        :raises: :exc:`ReadOnlyDatabaseError` if the database has not been
-                 opened in read-write mode
 
         *Added in notmuch 0.9*"""
         self._assert_db_is_initialized()
 
-        # work around libnotmuch calling exit(3), see
-        # id:20120221002921.8534.57091@thinkbox.jade-hamburg.de
-        # TODO: remove once this issue is resolved
-        if self.mode != Database.MODE.READ_WRITE:
-            raise ReadOnlyDatabaseError('The database has to be opened in '
-                                        'read-write mode for get_directory')
-
         msg_p = NotmuchMessageP()
         status = Database._find_message_by_filename(self._db, _str(filename),
                                                     byref(msg_p))