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

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

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: Deus Max <deusmax <at> gmx.com>
Cc: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>, 37926 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: bug#37926: [PATCH] Unify Gnus select methods
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 10:10:35 -0400

One, to reiterate, the patch at hand is a useability improvement, protecting new users from
the byzantine distinction of primary/secondary, and preserving the distinction
internally for backwards compatibility.  Some have argued keeping the internal
distinction makes the patch unworthy of the risk, to which I am sympathetic.

Two, with mild effort, I could fully eliminate the distinction without user
guidance or manually rewriting newsrcs.  Such a change exacerbates risk.
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