GNU bug report logs - #62845
29.0.90; nntp-with-open-group-function kills current buffer on timeout

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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: schwab <at> linux-m68k.org, 62845 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62845: 29.0.90; nntp-with-open-group-function kills current buffer on timeout
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 08:28:49 -0700

On 05/11/23 13:01 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
>> Cc: schwab <at> linux-m68k.org,  62845 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 11:21:42 -0700
>> 
>> 
>> > Eric, any progress here?
>> >
>> > If no better ideas are ready to be implemented, I think we should
>> > revert that commit on emacs-29 and leave it on master, where work on
>> > fixing this fallout should continue.  OK?
>> 
>> Yeah, I haven't made much progress in the time I've had to look at this
>> (and I still don't completely understand the current error!).
>> 
>> I think the commit should be reverted on both emacs-29 and master. It
>> was there to fix an inconvenience (an nntp failure would halt a Gnus
>> refresh at the top level), but it caused an actual bug (Gnus messes with
>> the contents of random buffers). Better to go back to the inconvenience
>> until a fuller solution is found.
>
> Thanks, I've now reverted commit 032969e8c65 on the emacs-29 branch;
> soon to be merged to master.
>
> Should I now close this bug, or do you want it to stay open?

Please leave it open, thanks!

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