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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From: dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 37926 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#37926: [PATCH] Unify Gnus select methods
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 02:05:32 -0400

It doesn't fix anything.  I think Eric Abrahamsen adequately describes the
change in a parallel thread.

The introduction of a separate `gnus-secondary-select-methods` rather than
merely vectorizing `gnus-select-method` seems a youthful indiscretion that's
persisted to the present-day.  The "insider" convention of specifying a
primary of `nnnil` to symmetrize one's other backends has caused a collective
double-take among newer users like myself.
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