GNU bug report logs - #76196
[PATCH] Make nnweb.el do something useful

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Message #30 received at 76196 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>
Cc: acohen <at> ust.hk, bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de, 76196 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#76196: Obsoleting gnus/nnweb.el
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2025 16:31:10 +0300

Ping!  Andrew, any further comments?

> From: James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>
> Cc: Andrew Cohen <acohen <at> ust.hk>, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>,
>   Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Björn Bidar
>  <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
> Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:22:02 +0530
> 
> James Thomas writes:
> 
> > James Thomas writes:
> >
> >> Andrew Cohen writes:
> >>
> >>> I asked on emacs.gnus.general to see if anyone was using nnweb. Although
> >>> the number of responses was small, at least one person, James Thomas,
> >>> continues to use it. He has, for example, updated the defaults to use
> >>> help-gnu-emacs. This looks potentially useful, and if James (copied
> >>> here) is willing to work on this I would suggest fixing nnweb rather
> >>> than obsoleting it.
> >>
> >> Please hold on; I'll send in an updated patch, with the article washing
> >> also included.
> >>
> >> (Thanks for linking to this bug)
> >
> > IDK if this is the right place for it, but here it is:
> >
> >
> >
> > The help-gnu-emacs is only illustrative: may be replaced with the name
> > of any of the GNU mailing lists. May be tested by:
> > G w emacs-help RET <unique string> RET
> >
> > Further work could involve gnus-summary-refer-thread working with a new
> > 'gnus-search-web' for the related messages of a search result. Also,
> > with customization, as a search and gnus-refer-article-method for users
> > of public-inbox (public-inbox.org).
> 
> Here's an updated version:
> 
> I hope to add thread-referral later.

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