From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/61824 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus doesn't update nntp marks files when unplugged Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:46:12 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1138798258 13222 80.91.229.2 (1 Feb 2006 12:50:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 12:50:58 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ksinya@quartz.ocn.ne.jp, ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+m10353@lists.math.uh.edu Wed Feb 01 13:50:54 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1F4HRT-0003tI-TI for ding-account@gmane.org; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:50:36 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1F4HRM-0006n8-00; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:50:28 -0600 Original-Received: from nas01.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.39]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1F4HNP-0006n2-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:46:23 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by nas01.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1F4HNM-00030C-VE for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:46:23 -0600 Original-Received: from 178.230.13.217.in-addr.dgcsystems.net ([217.13.230.178] helo=yxa.extundo.com) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1F4HNL-0004dx-00 for ; Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:46:19 +0100 Original-Received: from latte.josefsson.org (jas@yxa.extundo.com [217.13.230.178]) (authenticated bits=0) by yxa.extundo.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3) with ESMTP id k11CkFRL004060 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 1 Feb 2006 13:46:15 +0100 Original-To: Katsumi Yamaoka OpenPGP: id=B565716F; url=http://josefsson.org/key.txt X-Hashcash: 1:21:060201:ksinya@quartz.ocn.ne.jp::lrQO5KmGsWGzTNql:18V1 X-Hashcash: 1:21:060201:ding@gnus.org::WqPpX+l8ady8oYkQ:D7bV X-Hashcash: 1:21:060201:yamaoka@jpl.org::P2x4V0K/8DFGPRsl:MRwc In-Reply-To: (Katsumi Yamaoka's message of "Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:51:06 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on yxa-iv X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.84, clamav-milter version 0.84e on yxa.extundo.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) Precedence: bulk Original-Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:61824 Archived-At: Katsumi Yamaoka writes: > Oops, this is probably a FAQ. > >>>>>> In Katsumi Yamaoka wrote: > >> .marks files for nntp groups aren't updated when Gnus is >> unplugged. > > I realized people who use the nntp marks feature on purpose and > usually read articles in the unplugged condition should set the > gnus-agent-synchronize-flags variable to non-nil. > > 2005-09-20 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen > > * gnus-agent.el (gnus-agent-synchronize-flags): Switch the > default to nil, to be able to use Gnus at all. If the default > switches to something else, then the function should be fixed not > be exceedingly slow. > > 2004-07-09 Simon Josefsson > > * gnus-agent.el (gnus-agent-synchronize-flags): Revert to ask. > Users will lose all flag changes made while unplugged with > e.g. nntp unless flag synchronization happens, thus `nil' is not a > good default. See numerous reports on ding mailing list. > > IMHO, we should set gnus-agent-synchronize-flags to t by default > or synchronize at least nntp marks automatically when Gnus is > re-plugged even if it takes time. I don't know how it is slow > so far, though. I agree. I have never found it that slow. It is not disk or network bound. I read pretty large nntp groups offline, and syncing the flags doesn't seem to take that long.