Re: Not prompting user in gnus-mime-delete-part and

[Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>]

>>>>> In <v93bou5ir0.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> Reiner Steib wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 28 2005, Katsumi Yamaoka wrote:

>> That message is an excuse to the function not being perfect, and
>> there's not much likelihood that it will be completed.
>> It will simply not work or really break articles if they have
>> complex MIME structure, e.g., the case that a part is in a
>> forwarded forwarded message.

> Does the `mm-complicated-handles'-check cover all those cases?

Yes, maybe.  (Although my worry is that it may also return `t'
even for some MIME structure which won't cause a problem, it
might be a needless fear since most of MIME composers cannot
make such a complex structure.  Anyway, it is irrelevant to your
proposal.)

>> But I also feel that message is noisy, so I agree to get rid of it.
>> I think another way is required for saying it is imperfect, though.

> We could put a warning into the doc strings and the manual.

I agree.

[...]

> How about using the `gnus-expert-user' approach for
> `gnus-mime-delete-part' and getting rid of the prompt completely for
> `gnus-mime-save-part-and-strip'?

I agree to do so, assuming those who set `gnus-expert-user' know
what they do.