GNU bug report logs - #38136
[PATCH] Make gnus-group-get-new-news a non blocking thread

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Packages: emacs, gnus;

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

Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 14:57:04 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch, wontfix

Fixed in version 27.2

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #52 received at 38136 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>, 38136 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: https://github.com/dickmao/gnus
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:50:06 -0500

RP> That, plus the patch has spurious whitspace changes, and things like the
RP> below, which makes it all harder to read.

I've a mind, of course, to bring non-blocking goodness to the main branch, but
the volume of changes (more than 200 commits and counting at
github.com/dickmao/gnus) requires a social effort that may never reach critical mass.

The original patch wishfully believed dynamic-letting globals like
`gnus-summary-buffer` would do an end-run around thread-safety.  But "leakage"
occurs far too often as manifested by "Selected deleted buffer" errors.
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 12 days ago.

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