[BUG] gnus-uu.el attempts to uudecode all articles in a thread?

[BUG] gnus-uu.el attempts to uudecode all articles in a thread?

[Mike McEwan]

  I just typed `X v u' to view the uuencoded contents of an
article. Gnus proceeded to issue:

Getting article 16585...
Getting article 16614...
Getting article 16618...
Getting article 16620...
Getting article 16635...
Getting article 16649...
Getting article 16657...
Getting article 16703...
Getting article 16704...
Getting article 16722...
Getting article 16731...
Getting article 16732...
Getting article 16736...
Getting article 16640...
Getting article 16581...
End of message

  All the articles in the thread were subsequently marked read, even
though I only wanted to uudecode the contents of article 16581 and
hadn't yet read the rest of the thread! This is surely not the desired
behaviour.

-- 
Mike.

Re: [BUG] gnus-uu.el attempts to uudecode all articles in a thread?

[Mikael Hedin]

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Mike McEwan <mike@lotusland.demon.co.uk> writes:

>   All the articles in the thread were subsequently marked read, even
> though I only wanted to uudecode the contents of article 16581 and
> hadn't yet read the rest of the thread! This is surely not the desired
> behaviour.

The subject lines were probably similar with something like (1/7),
(2/7), etc in them. Then Gnus thinks it's a splitted uuencoded file
and collects all pieces before decoding.

/Micce
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Re: [BUG] gnus-uu.el attempts to uudecode all articles in a thread?

[Mike McEwan]

Mikael Hedin <micce@irf.se> writes:

> The subject lines were probably similar with something like (1/7),
> (2/7), etc in them. Then Gnus thinks it's a splitted uuencoded file
> and collects all pieces before decoding.

  No, not the case. I can reproduce the problem by sending a message
to myself with uuencoded content, and then following up to myself.

  Both articles are unread, I select the original article to myself,
type `X v u', bum, my followup is also marked read. The subject lines
appear: 

  A+ 127: 31-Mar 18:50 [Mike McEwan         ] gnus-uu.el test 
   +   2: 31-Mar 18:52 [Mike McEwan         ] Re: gnus-uu.el test

-- 
Mike.

Re: [BUG] gnus-uu.el attempts to uudecode all articles in a thread?

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Mike McEwan <mike@lotusland.demon.co.uk> writes:

>   All the articles in the thread were subsequently marked read, even
> though I only wanted to uudecode the contents of article 16581 and
> hadn't yet read the rest of the thread! This is surely not the desired
> behaviour.

It is how it behaves, though -- gnus-uu decodes series of articles.
It decides which artices are in the series by heuristics.  (Guessing,
in other words.)

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  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

Re: [BUG] gnus-uu.el attempts to uudecode all articles in a thread?

[Mike McEwan]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> It is how it behaves, though -- gnus-uu decodes series of articles.
> It decides which artices are in the series by heuristics.  (Guessing,
> in other words.)
  
  Not wishing to upset anyone's precariously balanced apple-cart, the
heuristics could be a little more discerning couldn't they? Or am I
grabbbing the wrong `end' of an heuristical stick?

-- 
Mike.

Re: [BUG] gnus-uu.el attempts to uudecode all articles in a thread?

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Mike McEwan <mike@lotusland.demon.co.uk> writes:

> > It is how it behaves, though -- gnus-uu decodes series of articles.
> > It decides which artices are in the series by heuristics.  (Guessing,
> > in other words.)
> 
>   Not wishing to upset anyone's precariously balanced apple-cart, the
> heuristics could be a little more discerning couldn't they?

Of course they could.  You are welcome to implement a new, more
discerning scheme.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen