GNU bug report logs - #13238
Format and meaning of nnir "group spec" undocumented

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Package: gnus;

Reported by: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>

Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:08:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 5.130006

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (The Gnus Bugfixing Girls + Boys)
Subject: Format and meaning of nnir "group spec" undocumented
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:06:55 -0500

swish++, swish-e, and hyrex backends all prompt for a "group spec."
What is this thing?  A regex?  An s-expression?  A Cadillac?

And how is it interpreted?


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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 13238 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13238: Format and meaning of nnir "group spec" undocumented
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:39:07 +0100

Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com> writes:

> swish++, swish-e, and hyrex backends all prompt for a "group spec."
> What is this thing?  A regex?  An s-expression?  A Cadillac?
>
> And how is it interpreted?

Those are good questions.  :-)  Anybody know?

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Dave Abrahams <dave <at> boostpro.com>
Cc: 13238 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13238: Format and meaning of nnir "group spec" undocumented
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 19:34:07 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Those are good questions.  :-)  Anybody know?

Apparently not, but I looked at the source code, and it turned out to be
regexps.

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