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bug#38381: 27.0.50; Bump Gnus version to 5.14, properly encode group nam
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#38381: 27.0.50; Bump Gnus version to 5.14, properly encode group names on disk |
Date: |
Tue, 26 Nov 2019 01:02:37 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
> Now Emacs 27.1 is on its way, and I would really like to make this
> change permanent. The attached patch moves all the ugly compatibility
> code into an upgrade routine as part of `gnus-convert-old-newsrc'. Users
> will be prompted once to upgrade, and then the various files will be
> fixed to use properly encoded group names, and you won't be able to go
> back.
I don't think that's a good idea. The .newsrc.eld file should remain
backwards compatible -- people do move back and forth between newer and
older versions of Emacs.
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