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From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>
To: <ding@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: overriding marks for synchronization
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:50:40 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vd6q1urj.fsf@lifelogs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878w3ohz1t.fsf@dod.no> (Steinar Bang's message of "Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:59:10 +0200")

On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:59:10 +0200 Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> wrote: 

>>>>>> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>:
>> No, it's OK.  I have to work out a nicer merge algorithm instead of
>> "just overwrite."  In the process I'll put safeguards around the
>> existing code to catch the cases you describe.

SB> When merging: does it make more sense to merge on the nntp-address
SB> rather than the server name?

SB> I have one gnus that has a different "news" server than the rest of
SB> them.

SB> Hm... I see one problem with this: the nntp-address equivalent is
SB> different, depending on the backend.  The server name is consistent
SB> across backends.

SB> Perhaps I should just rename the server name for the default server on
SB> this particular Gnus, from "news" to something different?

SB> I think I'll do that.

Yeah.  The idea is to do a logical merge, on the nn* level, not on the
lower protocol level (NNTP or whatever).  So the logical server name is
the right key.

Ted



  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-08-31 18:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-10 11:55 Ted Zlatanov
2010-08-11  3:18 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-08-11  8:51 ` Steinar Bang
2010-08-11 13:36   ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-08-12 19:56     ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-08-13 12:26       ` Steinar Bang
2010-08-13 12:44         ` Steinar Bang
2010-08-13 12:52         ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-08-13 13:29           ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-08-13 14:12             ` Steinar Bang
2010-08-13 14:29               ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-08-13 18:41                 ` Steinar Bang
2010-08-13 19:39                 ` Steinar Bang
2010-08-13 19:58                   ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-08-14 13:38                     ` Steinar Bang
2010-08-14 14:55                       ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-08-15 11:18                         ` Steinar Bang
2010-08-18 13:44                           ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-08-30 15:59                             ` Steinar Bang
2010-08-30 16:06                               ` Steinar Bang
2010-08-31 18:52                                 ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-08-31 18:50                               ` Ted Zlatanov [this message]
2010-08-31 17:27                             ` Steinar Bang
2010-09-02  7:53                               ` Steinar Bang
2010-08-13 18:48           ` Steinar Bang
2010-08-13 19:47             ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-08-15 16:35 ` Didier Verna
2010-08-15 16:39   ` Steinar Bang
2010-08-15 17:20     ` Didier Verna
2010-08-17 18:55       ` Steinar Bang
2010-08-18 13:42         ` Ted Zlatanov
2010-08-22  8:21           ` Steinar Bang

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