GNU bug report logs - #35513
(setq gnus-thread-sort-functions '(gnus-thread-sort-by-number)) seems not to work always.

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: Uwe Brauer <oub.oub.oub <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 22:01:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed, wontfix

Found in version 5.13

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

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From: Uwe Brauer <oub.oub.oub <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 35513 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Uwe Brauer <oub.oub.oub <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#35513: (setq gnus-thread-sort-functions '(gnus-thread-sort-by-number)) seems not to work always.
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:40:52 +0200

>>> "LI" == Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

   > Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
   >> Yes -- the sorting is done before splitting threads up based on the
   >> gnus-thread-ignore-subject, which seems like a bug.
   >> 
   >> Fixing this rather obscure problem would require traversing the thread
   >> structure once more, which I'm not sure is worth it...

   > After pondering this, I've come to the conclusion that it's best just to
   > document this quirk instead of threading, then sorting, then splitting,
   > and then re-threading and re-sorting, and I'm closing this as a "wontfix".

So you don't find it annoying and to difficult to implement and maybe to debug?
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