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bug#18198: Gnus fails to read ~/.newsrc with group names which are not s
From: |
Eric Abrahamsen |
Subject: |
bug#18198: Gnus fails to read ~/.newsrc with group names which are not symbols |
Date: |
Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:27:43 +0800 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> writes:
>>>>>> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>>>>>> Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> writes:
>
> […]
>
> >> I didn’t. The person who brought this issue to IRC has apparently
> >> used something like (nnimap "imap.gmail.com") for
> >> gnus-select-method.
>
> >> Though indeed, I know of no reason /not/ to set
> >> gnus-save-newsrc-file to nil in this case.
>
> > This was discussed on the gnus.general list, and I produced a fix for
> > it (at least, I'm 95% sure it's the same issue),
>
> It isn’t, – the one #18198 is about is that Gnus fails to read
> ~/.newsrc it produces back; the one you suggest a patch for is
> about the (mis)use of ‘read’ in the Gnus IMAP implementation.
Ah, my apologies -- just a similar-looking problem, then.
> > and then apparently never sent the patch to the list, despite having
> > thought I did. Attaching the patch here.
>
> I believe that the information regarding (possible) bugs –
> including patches – should be sent to the BTS /first./
>
> This way, it’s easier to add late follow-ups, /and/ it still
> ends up in a mailing list (the bug-gnu-emacs@ one, that is.)
Sorry, didn't quite understand this -- did you mean just start another
bug report?