GNU bug report logs - #34473
Discuss "old/ancient" articles more

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Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 03:22:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

Found in version 5.13

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (The Gnus Bugfixing Girls + Boys)
Subject: Discuss "old/ancient" articles more
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 10:05:34 +0800

In (info "(gnus) Read Articles") one reads about

‘O’
     Articles that were marked as read in previous sessions and are now
     “old” (‘gnus-ancient-mark’).


Well you need to say more:

* How do discover if one has "old/ancient" articles.
(Say tip: Use 99999 RET to enter a (e.g., nnml) group, instead of just RET.)

* What "old/ancient" articles are.

* How to prevent them from accruing.

Gnus v5.13
GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.4)
 of 2019-02-03, modified by Debian
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bug#34473; Package emacs,gnus. (Tue, 09 Jul 2019 17:08:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 34473 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 34473 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34473: Discuss "old/ancient" articles more
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 19:07:25 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> In (info "(gnus) Read Articles") one reads about
>
> ‘O’
>      Articles that were marked as read in previous sessions and are now
>      “old” (‘gnus-ancient-mark’).
>
> Well you need to say more:
>
> * How do discover if one has "old/ancient" articles.
> (Say tip: Use 99999 RET to enter a (e.g., nnml) group, instead of just RET.)

The section about entering groups says that.

> * What "old/ancient" articles are.

That's what that says: Articles marked as read in previous sessions.

> * How to prevent them from accruing.

There's no way.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 09 Jul 2019 17:08:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 34473 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> Request was from Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 09 Jul 2019 17:08:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 34473 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34473: Discuss "old/ancient" articles more
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 08:43:29 +0800

>>>>> "LI" == Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>> In (info "(gnus) Read Articles") one reads about
>> * How to prevent them from accruing.
LI> There's no way.
Do mention that.
But wait, today 99999 RET doesn't show any here in my nnml group.
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 34473 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34473: Discuss "old/ancient" articles more
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 16:07:45 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

>>>>>> "LI" == Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>>> In (info "(gnus) Read Articles") one reads about
>>> * How to prevent them from accruing.
> LI> There's no way.
> Do mention that.

I don't think that seems useful in the context of that variable.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 09 Aug 2019 11:24:07 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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