Re: bug#38136: [PATCH] Make gnus-group-get-new-news a non blocking thread

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:43:46 +0100, Michael Albinus <address@hidden> said:

    Michael> Works for me. However, the "Status:" messages shall be kicked off. 
And
    Michael> it shall be checked, whether `debbugs-gnu-mail-backend' is bound 
to `gnus'.

The clue is in the name of the function, but OK.

No more feature requests :-)

    Michael> If Lars doesn't object, you might commit it, plus docstring, and 
plus
    Michael> documentation in debbugs-ug.texi.

I donʼt think Iʼm set up to push to elpa.

(defun debbugs-gnus-ephemeral-from-tagged ()
  "Create an ephemeral Gnus group of locally tagged emacs bugs."
  (interactive)
  (unless (eq debbugs-gnu-mail-backend 'gnus)
    (error "This function only works with Gnus."))
  (when (file-exists-p debbugs-gnu-persistency-file)
    (with-temp-buffer
      (insert-file-contents debbugs-gnu-persistency-file)
      (eval (read (current-buffer)) t))
    (when debbugs-gnu-local-tags
      (let ((mbox-url (replace-regexp-in-string
                       ";mboxstat=yes" ""
                       (alist-get 'emacs gnus-bug-group-download-format-alist)
                       nil t)))
      (gnus-read-ephemeral-bug-group
       debbugs-gnu-local-tags
       mbox-url)))))