From: Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd@cert.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 21462@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21462: 25.0.50; Gnus thread gathering and sorting inverted
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 12:08:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <tntd1s7f7tu.fsf@watermonitor.yellow.cert.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878u2vhkjp.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Mon, 08 Feb 2016 15:51:06 +1100")
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd@md5i.com> 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
>>
>> My argument is that steps 3 and 4 are backwards. Step 4 is the place
>> where the final thread groupings are decided, and sorting these threads
>> with respect to each other should happen afterward.
>
> Yes, but can't you just sort the gathered threads in the way you would
> have wanted to have them sorted if they had been sorted before
> gathering? I think I vaguely think that should kinda work...
If I understand correctly, that would (in my case) require writing my
own version of gnus-gather-threads-by-subject. All I can say to that
is, ugh. If this sorting and gathering were done in what I consider to
be the more logical order, I have to write a two line function to do
what I want. Instead I would have to mimic most of the functionality of
gnus-gather-threads-by-subject with the added restriction that I want to
maintain thread order by the latest gathered thread. Complicated and
ugly. Not that I wouldn't do it, if needed. Is there a good reason for
step 3 and 4 above to be in the given order instead of the reverse?
--
Michael Welsh Duggan
(mwd@cert.org)
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-11 17:34 bug#21462: 25.0.50; Gnus thread gathering and sorting inverted Michael Welsh Duggan
2016-02-07 5:53 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-07 7:40 ` Michael Welsh Duggan
2016-02-08 4:51 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-08 17:08 ` Michael Welsh Duggan [this message]
2016-02-09 0:50 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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