GNU bug report logs - #37926
[PATCH] Unify Gnus select methods

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Packages: emacs, gnus;

Reported by: dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com

Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 20:10:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch, wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 37926 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com
Cc: 37926 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37926: [PATCH] Unify Gnus select methods
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 12:20:07 +0100

dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com writes:

>> That was a long patch, and I'm not sure I understand what it's doing.  Won't
>> this basically break everybody's .newsrc.eld files?
>
> I wasn't aware .newsrc.eld recorded a primary/secondary distinction.

Primary groups are "foo.bar" in .newsrc.eld, while secondary are
"nnimap+zot.org:foo.bar".

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