flushing ADAPT information?

flushing ADAPT information?

[Jack Vinson]

In gnus 5.2.37 (and many earlier versions) I have occasionally joined and
entered new groups and realized after that I wanted the group to NOT be
adaptive.  

So, I exit the group which produces an ADAPT file
(gnus-use-adaptive-scoring is 't).  I then create a score file for the
group with (adapt ignore) as one of the elements.  I then do 'W f'
(gnus-score-flush-cache) just to be safe and reenter the group.

Unfortunately, I find that the ADAPT file is still read, or (more likely)
that the ADAPT file is still in memory and is used even though I have told
the group to not use adaptive score.  I have also found that even if I
delete the ADAPT file, the group still does not (ignore adapt) as it
creates a new ADAPT file the next time I exit the group.  Also, other
changes I make by hand in the SCORE file don't seem to take effect the next
time I enter the group.

Should gnus-score-flush-cache also flush the ADAPT cache, or should there
be some way to clear this information for a given group?

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Re: flushing ADAPT information?

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Jack Vinson <jvinson@cheux.ecs.umass.edu> writes:

> So, I exit the group which produces an ADAPT file
> (gnus-use-adaptive-scoring is 't).  I then create a score file for the
> group with (adapt ignore) as one of the elements.  I then do 'W f'
> (gnus-score-flush-cache) just to be safe and reenter the group.
> 
> Unfortunately, I find that the ADAPT file is still read, or (more likely)
> that the ADAPT file is still in memory and is used even though I have told
> the group to not use adaptive score.

The ADAPT files aren't cached, I believe.  Gnus will use the ADAPT
files it finds -- switching off adaptivity just means that new ADAPT
files won't be created.

> I have also found that even if I
> delete the ADAPT file, the group still does not (ignore adapt) as it
> creates a new ADAPT file the next time I exit the group.

That sounds like a bug.  I've never seen this.  Does it happen all the
time or just sometimes?

> Also, other changes I make by hand in the SCORE file don't seem to
> take effect the next time I enter the group.

I haven't seen this either.  After a `W f', Gnus has to re-read the
actual score files, so changes should take effect immediately.

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