Re: message-unique-id

[prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)]

"Jason R. Mastaler" <jason@mastaler.com> wrote:
> The end of `message-unique-id' says:
>
>      ;; Append the newsreader name, because while the generated
>      ;; ID is unique to this newsreader, other newsreaders might
>      ;; otherwise generate the same ID via another algorithm.
>      ".fsf")))
>
> Last time I checked, ``fsf'' wasn't the name of this newsreader.

The comment should be fixed, then.

It's not important that we identify the newsreader; it's important
that we identify the id-generation algorithm.  Then if other
newsreaders use the same algorithm and the safe suffix, that's ok.
And if future versions of Gnus use a different algorithm, they should
use a different suffix.  Granted, ".fsf" isn't a very intuitive
identifier of Gnus's current algorithm, but it's established enough
that a change isn't likely to help.


paul