Re: Using nnrss very actively

[Mark Plaksin <happy@usg.edu>]

Mark Plaksin <happy@usg.edu> writes:

> Another problem that I have on and off with nnrss is having it show me
> old articles.  I have this problem both when I use an external script to
> fetch the feeds and when I don't.  I've tried to figure it out and there
> have been threads on this list about it but I've never found a perfect
> solution.
>
> Do others have this problem too?  I haven't updated my CVS Emacs or Gnus
> in a few months so maybe the problem is gone now.

One last note about this.  Neither the internal nor external fetch
methods of nnrss do the right thing with Etags or If-modified-since.
That is, the stuff discussed here:
http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2002/10/21/http_conditional_get_for_rss_hackers/

So they fetch full feeds even when nothing has changed.  I tried writing
my own external fetcher which does Etags and If-modified-since but I
still have the repeat article problem.  I also tried to figure out the
repeat thing but could never manage it.  In the end it seemed like it
would be faster for me to write nngreader :)  Of course, there's no
proof in that pudding yet so who am I to talk?