Re: nnimap usage model

[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'd say that the proper thing to do is to replace gnus-agent-cache
>>> with gnus-agent in gnus-agent-retrieve-headers (i.e. bind gnus-agent
>>> to nil) then delete gnus-agent-cache at all other references.
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>> [...]
>>
>> It seems there is a misunderstanding.  I'm looking at things from the
>> user's perspective.  For this case, I think the questions we need to
>> answer are the following:
>>
>> (1) Under which circumstances does the agent write data to the local
>>     disk?  Which data does it write?
>>
>> (2) Under which circumstances does the agent read data from the local
>>     disk?  Which data does it read?
>>
>> Then we can formulate some documentation that helps the user.
>>
>> Another issue is whether the current Gnus behavior is correct or
>> should it be changed.
>
> I don't see these as being separate issues.  If the current
> implementation is broken, and no one has noticed, then the feature
> must not be in wide spread use.  If it isn't used, do we document how
> we think it should work (then fix the implementation) or do we remove
> the feature from the documentation?  On the other hand, if the current
> implementation is working, how can we document it correctly if we
> can't agree on what it is doing?

Ah, I think I missed the crucial part: you were suggesting to
eliminate the variable gnus-agent-cache entirely.  *blush*

So, is anyone using the combination of gnus-agent being t but
gnus-agent-cache being nil?

I think now I agree with your suggestion of just removing the
variable gnus-agent-cache.

I must spend more time to grok Kevin's postings.
I must spend more time to grok Kevin's postings.
I must spend more time to grok Kevin's postings.
I must spend more time to grok Kevin's postings.

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