Re: gnus-group-clear-data-on-native-groups clears nnml too

[Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com>]

>>>>> "Wesley" == Wesley Hardaker <Wesley.Hardaker@sphys.unil.ch> writes:

Wesley> Well, I just had our news server switched to dnews from inn,
Wesley> which means that all the numbers changed on me.  So, I picked
Wesley> myself up and ran gnus-group-clear-data-on-native-groups to
Wesley> clear all the numbers and have been painfully making my way
Wesley> through the groups again.

Wesley> The problem is that it also cleared my nnml groups as well.
Wesley> Shouldn't it prompt for the backend you want to clear or
Wesley> something?

Ouch!  nnml groups should not be tied to an nntp server.  nnml
groups also should not have their readedness information/marks,
etc. cleared if the group is (accidentally) unsubscribed.

I would propose an additional control file (.groupinfo) to go along
with .overview in each nnml group to fix both problems.

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