Re: auto auto-expirable

[Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>]

On Tue, Jun 02 2009, Mike Kupfer wrote:
> Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:
>>  :variable gnus-auto-auto-expirable-newsgroups
>>  :variable-default nil
>>  :variable-document
>>  "Groups in which articles that have been read are automatically
>>  marked as expirable when moved to or copied to there.
>
>    "Articles that are moved or copied into these groups will retain
>    the expirable mark.

Does your proposal only apply to auto-expirable groups/articles?  The
variable names and Katsumi's doc strings suggest it, but according
to Mike's doc string suggestion, it applies to all expirable article.

On Tue, Jun 02 2009, Katsumi Yamaoka wrote:
> (defcustom gnus-inhibit-auto-auto-expiry nil
>   "If non-nil, don't do auto auto-expiry when moving or copying articles.
> `Auto auto-expiry' means that read articles, even if they haven't been
> marked as expirable, will be automatically marked as expirable when
> moved or copied to a group in which to perform auto-expiry."

I don't have a good suggestion, but the term `Auto auto-expiry' (and
the variable names *-auto-auto-*) is not clear.

Bye, Reiner.
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