From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21462: 25.0.50; Gnus thread gathering and sorting inverted Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2016 11:50:54 +1100 Message-ID: <87lh6uiu4x.fsf@gnus.org> References: <878u8cdfmt.fsf@md5i.com> <87si15awxh.fsf@gnus.org> <87zivdge7z.fsf@md5i.com> <878u2vhkjp.fsf@gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1454979148 1309 80.91.229.3 (9 Feb 2016 00:52:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 00:52:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 21462@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Welsh Duggan Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 09 01:52:17 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aSwXP-00074U-SX for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 01:52:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50399 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aSwXP-0007ju-C3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:52:15 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33244) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aSwXL-0007jm-FT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:52:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aSwXG-0000Ui-Fm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:52:11 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:51555) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aSwXG-0000Uc-CO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:52:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aSwXC-0008Hm-9c; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:52:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, bugs@gnus.org Resent-Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:52:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21462 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs,gnus X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 21462-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21462.145497908331804 (code B ref 21462); Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:52:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21462) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Feb 2016 00:51:23 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60695 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aSwWZ-0008Gt-9q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:51:23 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:56856) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aSwWX-0008Gl-BS for 21462@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:51:21 -0500 Original-Received: from cpe-60-225-211-161.nsw.bigpond.net.au ([60.225.211.161] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1aSwWA-0005Eo-T9; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 01:50:59 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Michael Welsh Duggan's message of "Mon, 08 Feb 2016 12:08:45 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1aSwWA-0005Eo-T9 MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1455583859.67476@7AIw42bKGGYyugMU3FIrAQ X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:112765 Archived-At: Michael Welsh Duggan writes: >>> 1) gnus-make-threads -> gathers articles into threads by ref >>> 2) gnus-cut-threads -> removes "uninteresting" articles from the >>> threads >>> 3) gnus-sort-threads -> sorts the threads (with respect to each other thread) >>> 4) gnus-summary-thread-gathering-function -> gathers threads with >>> similar characteristics (subject, reference) into a single thread >>> 5) gnus-sort-gathered-threads -> sorts the articles within each thread [...] > Is there a good reason for step 3 and 4 above to be in the given order > instead of the reverse? I think the reason they are in that order is for historical (and backwards compatible) reasons: The predicates that work on thread sorting will normally fail on gathered threads (which are lists of thread roots). I think. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no