From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/7435 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 17:33:39 +0200 Organization: Organization?!? Message-ID: <85irnn5xyk.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <1e5fk3-853.ln1@news.tdc.dk> <867j4a4hm9.fsf@IAPonomarenko.isd.dp.ua> <3jtgk3-gv3.ln1@news.tdc.dk> <87k68a2jxv.fsf@ulm.malte.spiess> <9sphk3-4f1.ln1@news.tdc.dk> <87hd3djobd.fsf@ulm.malte.spiess> <9f1kk3-262.ln1@news.tdc.dk> <2qrok3-9g4.ln1@news.tdc.dk> <85irnqhyfj.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1149003694 21839 80.91.229.2 (30 May 2006 15:41:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 15:41:34 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 30 17:41:33 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fl6LO-0003jH-VM for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 May 2006 17:41:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fl6LO-0006Le-Hj for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 May 2006 11:41:18 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!feed.xsnews.nl!feeder.xsnews.nl!feeder1.cambrium.nl!feed.tweaknews.nl!news.netcologne.de!nhp.netcologne.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!news.arcor.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6, xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN; i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:aWMtTj+F1G6NF9GvWNya+1WiQoM= Original-Lines: 22 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 May 2006 17:34:06 MEST Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 21ef02c3.newsread4.arcor-online.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=5nFe_ZIA; 3ZkVRFeeUa4iQ:ejgIfPPldTjW\KbG]kaMX]kI_X=5KeaV005`GBY717U1_LiI6ENVa]3>5MOK`O=R[j4kP3U_eY2\ Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet-abuse@arcor.de Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:77618 Original-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:7435 Archived-At: Reiner Steib writes: > On Sun, May 28 2006, David Kastrup wrote: > >> Reiner Steib writes: >>> Don't use yaced if they offer only outdated CVS versions. This Gnus >>> bug was fixed in Emacs CVS on 2005-12-09. >> >> "Don't use" is step #2 with free software. Step #1 is to mail the >> author and ask whether he intends to release something to fix this >> soon. > > You might be right, but if someone distributes a random CVS snapshot > of Emacs which is intended for end-users, (s)he should make sure to > update it more often (the latest version of yaced seems to be more > than one year old). Why should he, if judging from the feedback there are no users or they don't have any problems? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum