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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
Cc: eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net, 22414-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rpluim <at> gmail.com, nyc4bos <at> aol.com, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: bug#22414: 24.5; GNUS - No such function: nnregistry-request-group
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 11:17:00 +0200

> From: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  Eric Abrahamsen
>  <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>,  22414 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  larsi <at> gnus.org,
>   nyc4bos <at> aol.com
> Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:09:36 +0200
> 
> 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:

Installed on master, and closing the bug, thanks.

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