From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/58487 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Ted Zlatanov" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: should `G r' rename score files? Date: 16 Sep 2004 09:03:53 -0400 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: <4noek6wekm.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <878ybb9u7p.fsf@uwo.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1095341033 18947 80.91.229.6 (16 Sep 2004 13:23:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:23:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M7025@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Sep 16 15:23:32 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13] ident=mail) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C7wEV-00048H-00 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:23:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1C7wEI-0000BH-00; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:23:18 -0500 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1C7wEE-0000BC-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:23:14 -0500 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1C7wEC-0004OZ-9t for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:23:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.bwh.harvard.edu (sysblade0.bwh.harvard.edu [134.174.9.44]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB6673A0064 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:22:59 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 16621 invoked from network); 16 Sep 2004 13:14:02 -0000 Envelope-Sender: tzz@lifelogs.com Envelope-Recipients: kevin.greiner@vignette.com, ding@gnus.org, Original-Received: from asimov.bwh.harvard.edu (HELO asimov) ([134.174.9.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail.bwh.harvard.edu (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 16 Sep 2004 13:14:01 -0000 Mail-Followup-To: "Kevin Greiner" , ding@gnus.org Original-To: "Kevin Greiner" X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6;d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" In-Reply-To: (Kevin Greiner's message of "Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:55:38 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:58487 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:58487 On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, kevin.greiner@vignette.com wrote: > I considered implementing this several months ago. I ended up > abandoning the effort because of the way that hierarchical score files > function. I'll use an example to describe the problem. > > Let's say that you have the groups: > a.b.c > a.b.d > > and the score files: > a.b.c.SCORE > a.b.d.SCORE > a.b.SCORE > a.SCORE > > Now, if I rename a.b.c to x.y.z. What do I do about the score files? > > Renaming a.b.c.SCORE to x.y.z.SCORE is obvious. The problem is what > to do with a.b.SCORE and a.SCORE. > > The options are: > * If I do nothing, then the score rules for x.y.z will not match the > score rules used when the group was named a.b.c. > * If I rename a.b.SCORE and a.SCORE, then the score rules for a.b.d > are changed. > * If I copy a.b.SCORE to x.y.SCORE and a.SCORE to x.SCORE, then these groups > are OK but what if x.SCORE or x.y.SCORE already existed? I think the user should be alerted at the time of renaming: "The score files a.b and a will no longer apply to group x.y.z (formerly a.b.c). Proceed with group rename? (y/n)" (abort the rename if necessary) and then "The score file a.b.c should be renamed to x.y.z. Proceed with score file rename? (y/n)" I think that gives the user a chance to do the right thing or at least know what will be affected. Ted