Re: tricky explicit interactive verbosity

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> Emanuel Berg <moasen@zoho.com> writes:
>
>> Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>>
>>> It doesn't look like
>>> `gnus-summary-current-score' is used
>>> programmatically at all, so I'm not sure why
>>> it would need to use gnus-message in the
>>> first place. Other code can (and does) use
>>> whichever of `gnus-summary-article-score' or
>>> `gnus-thread-total-score' is necessary.
>>>
>>> I'd be in favor of just using `message'.
>>
>> This brings to mind something I've thought
>> about, namely how does Gnus development work?
>> Should one submit patches thru some formal
>> procedure with the hope it gets accepted, or
>> report it as a bug, or just mention it here?
>> This particular issue could be a good exercise
>> because it is so trivial and harmless to begin
>> with :)
>
> I'd say raise questions here, and if you don't get a satisfactory
> answer, use `gnus-bug'.
>
> Gnus development is a bit of a conundrum at the moment. Katsumi Yamaoka
> seems to have the MIME stuff well in hand, but the rest of it is kind of
> a free-for-all. I'm nudging myself in to the group/server area, and also
> into picking off low-hanging fruit (eg your report). I intend to keep
> doing this until I boff something up royally, and/or someone tells me to
> cut it out.
>
> So when I say "I'd be in favor of...", that actually means "I will push
> this change to master in three or four days, unless someone says not
> to".

And it's pushed.