* Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:

  > I have committed the default w/o codename to the trunk.  If you or
  > anyone strongly wants to include the codename by default, feel
  > free to change it. :-)

I can live with your default.  I'll think about changing it if I get
sick of telling people how to customise it for themselves. :-)

  > I have improved the conversion code to automatically convert
  > customized values:

[...]

  > But if the user loads first gnus.elc and then does
  >   (setq gnus-user-agent 'emacs-gnus)
  > it will fail.  Ideas?

The only thing I can think of is to run this off a hook somewhere.
Maybe with `add-one-shot-hook'?

  > But I doubt that many people have done this.  `gnus-user-agent' is
  > quite new and most people use the default value, AFAICS.

Agree.

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