Merge pull request #148 from teto/simple_fix_notmuch

Simple fix for notmuch database not in sync

i3pystatus/mail/__init__.py

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ class Mail(IntervalModule):
             pass
 
     def run(self):
+        """
+        Returns the sum of unread messages across all registered backends
+        """
+
         unread = sum(map(lambda backend: backend.unread, self.backends))
 
         if not unread:

i3pystatus/mail/notmuchmail.py

@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ class Notmuch(Backend):
 
             self.db_path = config.get("database", "path")
 
-        self.db = notmuch.Database(self.db_path)
-
     @property
     def unread(self):
-        return notmuch.Query(self.db, "tag:unread and tag:inbox").count_messages()
+        db = notmuch.Database(self.db_path)
+        result = notmuch.Query(db, "tag:unread and tag:inbox").count_messages()
+        db.close()
+        return result
 
 
 Backend = Notmuch