GNU bug report logs - #66330
28.2; Gnus wide reply (S W) changes Subject header when used from Debbugs thread

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 00:27:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.2

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 66330 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>, mirai <at> makinata.eu,
 66330 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#66330: 28.2; Gnus wide reply (S W) changes Subject header
 when used from Debbugs thread
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:11:23 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> 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.
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