Re: Proposed Changes

[Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com>]

Kai Grossjohann <kai@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> writes:

> Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com> writes:
>
>> I've updated gnus-agent.el and gnus-cus.el to resolve the agent
>> performance issues in v5-10.  If I get some positive feedback, I'll
>> know that it is safe to try to backport the imap integration patches
>> (So that the agent and cache handle article movement, group renaming,
>> and group deletion correctly).
>
> I agere that this is a good idea, but please note that Lars has been
> quite conservative before and interpreted the word bug fix in a quite
> narrow way.
>
> So if it was me, I'd make sure that Lars says okay before committing
> things that could be construed new features.  But that's just my VHO.

Good point.

To clarify the issue, the cache and agent were originally designed for
the nntp backend.  As a result, they are simply ignored when non-nntp
commands (such as renaming a group) are performed.  A number of
threads have reported problems with moved articles not
disappearing or showing the wrong content.  I agree that Lars will
have to decide whether enhancing the cache and agent to better support
imap is a new feature or a bug fix.

Kevin