Re: tricky explicit interactive verbosity

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

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".

Eric