Re: gnus-agent showing wrong data: some investigations

[kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann)]

Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com> writes:

> kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Großjohann) writes:
>
>> Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com> writes:
>>
>>> I've added a sort to my copy.  I should have it checked-in this
>>> weekend unless you beat me to it.
>>
>> I didn't commit it because I think it isn't right.  It would be
>> doctoring the symptoms instead of curing the disease.  At least
>> that's the way I understand it.
>
> The problem is that gnus-newsgroup-headers IS SORTED, just not in
> ascending order.  If I remember right, it matches the order of the
> articles in the summary buffer.

Yes, that's what I thought after looking and thinking some more.

>> OTOH, I've been looking at where gnus-newsgroup-headers comes from,
>> and it could indeed come from a non-sorted input.  Hm.  (For example,
>> if gnus-select-newsgroup is called with some articles to select, then
>> that list of articles could be non-sorted.)  Hmmm...  An uneasy
>> feeling remains.  I'm not sure what to do, or what to think.
>
> Here's what I'm currently trying.

It's better than what I just committed, I think.  Sorry for the bad
commit.  It was me getting too impatient again.  I think it would be
good if you committed yours.
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