From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/70220 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: overriding marks for synchronization Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:50:40 -0500 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <87vd6q1urj.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <87eie6fzr5.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87d3tpmft7.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87y6cbehau.fsf@lifelogs.com> <878w4afzez.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87zkwqej4u.fsf@lifelogs.com> <878w4aegbp.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87zkwqfgj8.fsf@dod.no> <87wrru9tee.fsf@lifelogs.com> <871va11fhz.fsf@dod.no> <87wrrtdz0u.fsf@lifelogs.com> <878w48dsym.fsf@dod.no> <87lj84doi6.fsf@lifelogs.com> <878w3ohz1t.fsf@dod.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1283280697 31175 80.91.229.12 (31 Aug 2010 18:51:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:51:37 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: ding-owner+M18606@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Aug 31 20:51:35 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OqVvi-0001yz-PP for ding-account@gmane.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:51:35 +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 1OqVvh-0002MG-Au; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:51:33 -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 1OqVvf-0002Lt-Rk for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:51:31 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1OqVvb-0002Tj-0l for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:51:31 -0500 Original-Received: from chirelay1o.jumptrading.com ([38.98.147.153] helo=chirelay1.jumptrading.com) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1OqVva-0001sP-00 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:51:26 +0200 Original-Received: from chirelay1.jumptrading.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by chirelay1.jumptrading.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 9845F320003 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:50:51 -0500 (CDT) X-AuditID: 26629395-a489abb000000ca4-57-4c7d4f0295e3 Original-Received: from chiexchange02.w2k.jumptrading.com (unknown [38.98.147.140]) by chirelay1.jumptrading.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 2ED6B2DC004 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:50:42 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from internalsmtp.w2k.jumptrading.com (10.2.4.29) by chiexchange02.w2k.jumptrading.com (10.2.4.71) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.1.291.1; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:50:41 -0500 Original-Received: from tzlatanov-ubuntu-desktop.jumptrading.com ([10.2.14.81]) by internalsmtp.w2k.jumptrading.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:50:41 -0500 X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6;d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" In-Reply-To: <878w3ohz1t.fsf@dod.no> (Steinar Bang's message of "Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:59:10 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Aug 2010 18:50:41.0846 (UTC) FILETIME=[6949AD60:01CB493D] X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:70220 Archived-At: On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:59:10 +0200 Steinar Bang wrote: >>>>>> Ted Zlatanov : >> 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