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[debbugs.el] debbugs-read-emacs-bug-with-gnus sets user options

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
Cc: lars ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, noam postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>, 34976 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34976: [debbugs.el] debbugs-read-emacs-bug-with-gnus sets user options
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 17:45:26 +0100

"Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie> writes:

> When I use Gnus as my MUA, I leave the user options
> gnus-suppress-duplicates and gnus-save-duplicate-list at their default
> value of nil, as I have not yet run into any issues with duplicate
> messages.
>
> After using debbugs.el, however, I noticed that the value of these two
> user options had been changed, and a file called 'suppression' had
> appeared under my gnus-directory.  I think this was caused by a change
> to debbugs-read-emacs-bug-with-gnus[1].
>
> [1]: Save list of read articles
>   2015-12-26 01:17:29 +0100
>   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/commit/?id=f43413e5ad2817fb0ee055e358178924a6affe8b
>
> I don't know what sort of issues gave rise to this change, but it would
> be nice if debbugs.el could do its job without permanently changing the
> value of user options from other packages.

Looks like this is a preference Lars needs for his workflow. Lars, do
you still need this? Or shall we convert this setting into a user option
you would set, in order not to annoy other people?

> Thanks,

Best regards, Michael.

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