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28.0.50; debbugs-gnu: Can't select reports before having started Gnus

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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45330: 28.0.50;
 debbugs-gnu: Can't select reports before having started Gnus
Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2021 17:29:25 -0800

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> I can switch the test to be something more explicit, but how about --
>> bear with me here -- making `gnus-summary-line-format' a group
>> parameter? It's something I've been thinking about for a while. It would
>> be really nice to be able to give different groups different summary
>> appearances. And it would allow Michael and everyone else to use a
>> separate format string for groups like debbugs or whatnot, that are
>> often opened without Gnus actually being running.
>>
>> WDYT?
>
> I have no strong opinion, but - why not, could be useful.  I don't think
> this will spare a fix for this issue though.  Because, AFAIR this
> registry -> nil thing has several reincarnations in debbugs.

But we could probably provide a default option value for debbugs groups,
so that most users wouldn't even realize that they had a different
format value for those groups.

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