GNU bug report logs - #45925
27.1; *Summary* buffer vs. raw utf-8 headers

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 05:37:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 27.1

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 45925 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 45925 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45925: 27.1; *Summary* buffer vs. raw utf-8 headers
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 04:54:17 +0800

>>>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
EZ> Why do you expect a mixed-encoding stuff to work in Emacs?  Emacs only
EZ> supports a single encoding of any chunk of text it gets, be it a file
EZ> or an email message.

EZ> Files such as this one are simply not supported.

So, Gnus should not just randomly slap raw lines into the same file.
That is the root of all problems!
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