GNU bug report logs - #38381
27.0.50; Bump Gnus version to 5.14, properly encode group names on disk

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Message #14 received at 38381 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: 38381 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38381: 27.0.50; Bump Gnus version to 5.14, properly encode
 group names on disk
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 02:11:45 +0100

Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> Okay, but there is a whole upgrade mechanism in place that's
> specifically for upgrading the .newsrc.eld file to a new version, so
> this wouldn't be the first time it's happened.

It's only been used once, back in...  what...  1996?  (There's other
converters for agentey stuff, but that's not very impactful.)  And if I
remember correctly, it wasn't backwards-incompatible...  just
forwards-incompatible.

> That said, the current situation seems to be working fine; if we've got
> to keep it, we've got to keep it. I'd like to keep this bug report open,
> though.

If we're not going to do conversion like that, I don't see much point in
keeping the bug report open?

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