Subject: Re: bug#66330: 28.2; Gnus wide reply (S W) changes Subject header when used from Debbugs thread

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:11:23 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:

Hi Eli,

>> The subject changing could be an issue outside of Gnus. E.g when
>> responding to a patch in git patch series outside of Guix.
>>
>> However I think it is a general issue that mail clients append Re: or
>> some localized variation of it.
>
> Re: and its localized variants are not a problem: all Emacs MUAs
> support that and know how to ignore them for threading purposes.

This is right in general. They have problems with cascaded localized
prefixes, like "Re: AW: ". But that's another problem, and an edge case
rather. Nothing I worry about.

Best regards, Michael.