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[PATCH] Decode group name before matching against gnus-parameters

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Message #17 received at 41511 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: Łukasz Stelmach <stlman <at> poczta.fm>
Cc: Debbugs control <control <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, 41511 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41511: [PATCH v2] Decode group name before matching against
 gnus-parameters
Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 07:43:08 -0700

close 41511
thanks

Łukasz Stelmach <stlman <at> poczta.fm> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>> Łukasz Stelmach <stlman <at> poczta.fm> writes:
>>
>>> Group names in Gnus are stored and processed as strings of bytes
>>> (e.g. "Wiadomo\305\233ci-\305\233mieci") while regular expressions in
>>> gnus-parameters are encoded as multibyte strings (e.g. "Wiadomości-śmieci")
>>> and matching the latter aginst the former doesn't work. Parameters set
>>> for groups with non-ascii characters in their names cannot be retrieved.
>>
>> Group names in Gnus have been fully decoded strings for six months or
>> more -- are you seeing this bug in master?
>
> Shame on me. I created the patch on 26.1, cherry-picked it to master,
> tested and assumed it was still needed because it applied without issues
> and worked as expected.

Good news! You had me very worried for a second there :)

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