Re: Excessive nntp reads since today

[Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner@inode.at>]

On Wed, Sep 05 2012, Tassilo Horn wrote:

> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>
>>> Then the docs were wrong:
>>>
>>> ,----[ C-h v gnus-fetch-old-headers RET ]
>>> | gnus-fetch-old-headers is a variable defined in `gnus-sum.el'.
>>> | 
>>> | Documentation:
>>> | [...] If it has the value `some', all old headers will be fetched but
>>> | only enough headers to connect otherwise loose threads will be
>>> | displayed. [...]
>>> `----
>>>
>>> Wolfgang fixed the implementation to reflect exactly what the docs say.
>>> IMHO, we'd better have fixed the docs and let the implementation as it
>>> has been.
>>
>> Yeah, but that's after the clarification.  :-)  They used to say:
>>
>> -displayed in the Summary buffer.  If this variable is t, Gnus
>> -will attempt to grab the headers to the old articles, and thereby
>> -build complete threads.  If it has the value `some', only enough
>> -headers to connect otherwise loose threads will be displayed.  This
>> -variable can also be a number.  In that case, no more than that number
>> -of old headers will be fetched.  If it has the value `invisible', all
>>
>> i.e., it didn't say that all headers would be fetched...
>
> Oh, Wolfgang, you prankster. ;-)

???  I think you are misunderstanding.  As I said, that clarification
was made in 2005-11-20 by Kevin Greiner.

Wolfgang