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[PATCH] Make nnweb.el do something useful

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: 76196 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#76196: Obsoleting gnus/nnweb.el
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:57:09 -0800

Severity: wishlist

The nnweb backend for Gnus is currently of rather limited use: it only
supports Google Groups, which is defunct.  They seem to have
discontinued their Usenet archive service in February 2024, according to
Wikipedia.[1]

I also get 404 and 400 for the provided URLs in `nnweb-type-definition`.

I suggest that we either find and implement support for a replacement
for Google Groups, or otherwise that we mark it as obsolete.  Having
clearly broken functionality around does not serve users.

Footnotes:
[1]  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Groups

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