From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/79471 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steinar Bang Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: gnus sync Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:47:52 +0200 Organization: Probably a good idea Message-ID: <874o2pgv6f.fsf@dod.no> References: <9uhb77o73s.fsf@news.eternal-september.org> <87wrg3v0yi.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87boxebh2q.fsf@dod.no> <871uyajgxw.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87zkkmkk5i.fsf@dod.no> <87mxghgz17.fsf@dod.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310629702 28731 80.91.229.12 (14 Jul 2011 07:48:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:48:22 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M27767@lists.math.uh.edu Thu Jul 14 09:48:18 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhGeg-0008UN-IC for ding-account@gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:48:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1QhGec-0003ct-OR; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:48:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1QhGeb-0003cZ-9f for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:48:13 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1QhGeX-00005W-1u for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:48:13 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QhGeV-0006ee-Ln for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:48:07 +0200 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhGeV-0008OX-K5 for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:48:07 +0200 Original-Received: from 178.16.69.64 ([178.16.69.64]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:48:07 +0200 Original-Received: from sb by 178.16.69.64 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:48:07 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 34 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 178.16.69.64 Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:0MxEw26ftUv2W3hMQ62MY2nFxyA= X-Spam-Score: -3.7 (---) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:79471 Archived-At: >>>>> Steinar Bang : > [snip!] >> If you GET a server, eg. >> https://myserver/gnussync/backends/nntp/news.gmane.org >> you will get a list with two members "parameters" and "groups" >> I haven't given much thought to the behaviour of >> https://myserver/gnussync/backends/nntp/news.gmane.org/parameters > [snip!] >> If you GET a group, you will get a lisp, or JSON list containing two >> members: "parameters" and "marks". >> I haven't given much thought to the behaviours of group parameters, >> like eg. >> https://myserver/gnussync/backends/nntp/news.gmane.org/groups/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/parameters > [snip!] > When I think about it, and as was discussed in a recent thread, the > contents here, is something I really would prefer to see managed by a > VCS (like my .emacs and .gnus.el files are...). > On the other hand, one of the "cloud(y) gnus" requirements, was that > distributing everything gnus to a priestine gnus should "just work". > And that would definitely include the server and group parameters into > what should be synced... But how should .gnus.el-specified group parameters, like the one Tassilo Horn showed in the "Where are group parameters stored?" thread, fit into this picture...? Perhaps the way they do today? How are they combined today, btw? Reference to the article showing the .gnus.el example: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/79418/focus=79447