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Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, jas@extundo.com wrote:
>
>> Adding (require 'gnus-load) to gnus.el still seem useful, but
>> orthogonal to the flow-fill autoload issue.
>
> I think gnus-load.el is also necessary for spam-initialize and
> gnus-registry-initialize to work as stated in the manual and on this
> group, so please let's add gnus-load.el to the gnus.el requires.

Generally, it is required for all autoloaded functions that wasn't
part of the Gnus that came with the emacs that the user happen to use.
Perhaps also for custom types.

> If not, I'll fix the manual to say "you have to also load
> gnus-load.el."

IMHO: End-user should never have to worry about it.  People using
alpha releases can probably be expected to follow additional
instructions, but if it can work without additional steps, that is
better.