From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/82237 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Excessive nntp reads since today Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:38:17 +0200 Message-ID: <87wr081qna.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> References: <877gvcd91f.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> <85txygk74a.fsf@iznogoud.viz> <87y5nsbqj4.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> <85pq94k37p.fsf@iznogoud.viz> <87aa08big2.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> <87txvcbmk6.fsf@gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1346855948 13940 80.91.229.3 (5 Sep 2012 14:39:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 14:39:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: ding-owner+M30504@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Sep 05 16:39:08 2012 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 1T9Gl1-0006wz-5c for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:39:07 +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 1T9GkY-0000xE-CJ; Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:38:38 -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 1T9GkW-0000x5-TI for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:38:36 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1T9GkR-00085A-Ld for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:38:36 -0500 Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.15]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1T9GkP-0005Xo-JX; Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:38:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B3341A87DD; Wed, 5 Sep 2012 16:38:29 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (deliver.uni-koblenz.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id sHvTb_e_mpsA; Wed, 5 Sep 2012 16:38:23 +0200 (CEST) X-CHKRCPT: Envelopesender noch tsdh@gnu.org Original-Received: from thinkpad.tsdh.de (tsdh.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.67.142]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A74DF1A87CE; Wed, 5 Sep 2012 16:38:23 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87txvcbmk6.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:56:25 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.2.50 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:82237 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: >> - Your patch is correct with respect to the docs >> >> - Your patch is bad, because now you can't use 'some for >> `gnus-fetch-old-headers' unless you have a super-fast internet >> connection. > > `some' was never meant to fetch everything -- that was what t was for. 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. Bye, Tassilo