Re: Excessive nntp reads since today

[Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.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...

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