From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/84714 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Vincent Bernat Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: gnus-gravatar may hang offline Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:17:08 +0200 Message-ID: <87a97xq557.fsf@zoro.exoscale.ch> References: <87egx9q5f4.fsf@zoro.exoscale.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1406272654 12000 80.91.229.3 (25 Jul 2014 07:17:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 07:17:34 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M32957@lists.math.uh.edu Fri Jul 25 09:17:28 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XAZks-00055j-KJ for ding-account@gmane.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:17:27 +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 1XAZkk-0002ja-TG; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 02:17:18 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1XAZkk-0002jV-2b for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 02:17:18 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1XAZkh-0001Mt-RB for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 02:17:17 -0500 Original-Received: from bart.luffy.cx ([78.47.78.131]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XAZkf-0004kd-MC for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:17:13 +0200 Original-Received: from bart.luffy.cx (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bart.luffy.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B1261428C for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:17:13 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=simple; d=luffy.cx; h=from:to:subject :references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=postfix; bh=WswybO5a0 u9OGxzk/Cp5QO3UlZU=; b=qb5XzDxi75VB+dN+4KOntJYTIHSRy9hOK7bubtj0h zoEg4cxED1FMjboGfaZ7bTCT0ZU8UiQBk2D/Ja+JJM04wPugABLsOfDcLKCKOkoo Jzy179+EJZFi5A/Y4tQdvrb4FnmbCALDH1Wm7H1WVGfr5IfOl4SzVJenxEvp70Mj A0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=simple; d=luffy.cx; h=from:to:subject :references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=postfix; b=Bck lQSUVP37RYVYjAt3rEUTuSd1PtC73KWoOIQTf84zjfuYpbt/YaPWrSTIlnlc4W88 Qb8r6cd3eJagCuQjz5dnoCdOw31pBvua9azgXAoAlCCuVvGnyCEl+OWIsd7Hkk8J KLkoX2YjViyM+9bXBLmBhfHVDptZXQMVpuz+qy8o= Original-Received: from zoro.exoscale.ch (unknown [80.12.59.253]) by bart.luffy.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D9329141CB for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:17:12 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by zoro.exoscale.ch (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E13E1195; Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:17:08 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87egx9q5f4.fsf@zoro.exoscale.ch> (Vincent Bernat's message of "Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:11:11 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -0.1 (/) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:84714 Archived-At: =E2=9D=A6 25 juillet 2014 09:11 +0200, Vincent Bernat =C2= =A0: > While offline, I notice that Gnus sometimes hang when reading > articles. I have pinpointed this problem to gravatar support. It uses > `url-retrieve` which is documented as asynchronous but the resolving > part isn't. > > I suppose there isn't much to do in a simple library like gravatar.el > since the problem is rooted in Emacs. Does someone know if there is some > workaround or if the problem is fixed in more recent versions of Emacs > (I am using Emacs 24.3). Meantime, I have found this thread: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-10/msg01053.html However, it doesn't contain no conclusion. --=20 Make your program read from top to bottom. - The Elements of Programming Style (Kernighan & Plauger)