GNU bug report logs - #48801
28.0.50; [PATCH] Feature suggestion gnus-retrieve-headers check for nov-is-evil when agent is enabled

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Message #35 received at 48801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Alex Bochannek <alex <at> bochannek.com>
Cc: 48801 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48801: 28.0.50; [PATCH] Feature suggestion
 gnus-retrieve-headers check for nov-is-evil when agent is enabled
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2021 11:59:10 +0200

Alex Bochannek <alex <at> bochannek.com> writes:

> However, I don't see a way to set `nntp-nov-is-evil' for a group in a
> way that would still be true when it is part of a virtual group.

Perhaps the easiest would be to create a separate select method for
these groups that has nntp-nov-is-evil set as a select method variable.

> As an experiment, I globally set `nntp-nov-is-evil' to `t' and disabled
> the agent to see if it even works. I ran into a lot of problems where
> Gnus lost track of the unread messages for simple NNTP groups. Is this
> expected or is this potentially a bug?

Sounds like a bug to me.

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