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24.5; GNUS - No such function: nnregistry-request-group

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From: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>, 22414 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, nyc4bos <at> aol.com, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: Re: bug#22414: 24.5; GNUS - No such function: nnregistry-request-group
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:09:36 +0200

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Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:

>>>>>> On Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:11:05 +0200, Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de> said:
>     >> 
>     >> So what I hope you mean is:
>     >> 
>     >> nnregistry doesnʼt actually handle servers or groups, however we need
>     >> to define a dummy function for it in order to satisfy the
>     >> gnus-check-group-server function.
>     >> 
>     >> Robert
>
>     Björn> That does sound a little condescending to say you hope what
>     Björn> I am saying.
>
> It was not intended that way, I was trying to express what I
> understood.

OK np.

>
>     Björn> I'm not a native speaker but I think I can speak well enough to be
>     Björn> understandable. 
>     Björn> Yes that is essentially what I'm trying to say but I want to highlight
>     Björn> that you take the sentence out of context. The full message was:
>
>     Björn>      Add function for gnus-check-group-server.  nnregistry doesn't handle
>     Björn>      any servers or groups define the dummy function so Gnus-registry
>     Björn>      works as refer article method.
>
>     Björn> Did you read the first sentence? Maybe it should have been:
>
>     Björn>      Add function for gnus-check-group-server function.  nnregistry doesn't handle
>     Björn>      any servers or groups define the dummy function so Gnus-registry
>     Björn>      works as refer article method.
>
> My difficulty is because this bit: "nnregistry doesn't handle any
> servers or groups" runs into this bit: "define the dummy function so
> Gnus-registry works as refer article method" without any intervening
> junction phrase like "so we must" or similar.

Ah! Ok that makes your point much easier to get. That a connecting
phrase or word was needed was not obvious to me.

Please check the patch below:

[0001-Add-nnregistry-request-group-function-for-gnus-refer.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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