Re: A road map for Oort Gnus

[Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>]

"Robin S. Socha" <rsocha@kens.com> writes:

> I think that Gnus is pretty much perfect now. I couldn't think of any
> substantial things missing. It's the periphery that could do with some
> improvements:

Not sure what Robin counts as periphery, but since about quassia-16 or
so (pre Robin I think..) the `agent' has been a factor, more or less
central depending on the type hookup people have.  Or there desire to
be able to manipulate news on disk.

That area is still `unfinished'.  It needs to have the many niceties
that are possible with the nnml backend extended to it.

It needs:
1)  sophisticated expiry 
2)  In group editing 
3)  Hand deletion in place if desired
4)  Movement of messages from one group to another if desired

Most importantly
5) gnus-agent-generate-nov-databases  In general and in specific groups

In brief, every kind of file manipulation that pertains to mail files
on disk.