Subject: Re: bug#38381: 27.0.50; Bump Gnus version to 5.14, properly encode group names on disk

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 01:02:37 +0100

Eric Abrahamsen <[email-masked]> writes:

> Now Emacs 27.1 is on its way, and I would really like to make this
> change permanent. The attached patch moves all the ugly compatibility
> code into an upgrade routine as part of `gnus-convert-old-newsrc'. Users
> will be prompted once to upgrade, and then the various files will be
> fixed to use properly encoded group names, and you won't be able to go
> back.

I don't think that's a good idea.  The .newsrc.eld file should remain
backwards compatible -- people do move back and forth between newer and
older versions of Emacs.

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