Re: Deficient thread sorting in summary view

[Tassilo Horn]

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

Hi Eric,

> Okay, but this doesn't actually work as advertised… I've got:
>
> gnus-thread-sort-functions -> ((not gnus-thread-sort-by-most-recent-date))

You should always include `gnus-thread-sort-by-number' in the list,
probably as first (least important) element.

> And here's a chunk of my misc summary buffer, with bits cut out of the
> from and subject fields to make it tidier:
>
> OA     78: 猫猫 丁           Re: A message from P     | Monday 14:37
> OA    119:     猫猫 丁                                | Monday 17:54
> !     375:     猫猫 丁                                | Today, 15:45
> OA  41556: grace王小姐       Re: Re:晋昇-王丹丹（     | Monday 15:10
> O     142:     grace王小姐                            | Today, 17:05
> O     140: Publishing Perspe Let's Read Program T     | Monday 15:30
> O      18: Vivian Wang       转发: Make-Do PublisNew  | Wednesday 04
> O      69:     Grace         Re: Make-Do Publishiw Di | Wednesday 04
> O     495:         <He.meiji                          | Monday 15:23
> O     485:             Bruce Please STOP clicking     | Monday 16:28
>
> So clearly it's not ordering by the latest message in a thread.  The
> top two threads should be way down at the bottom of the summary
> buffer…

Sorry, from that "screenshot" I cannot even determine which messages
belong to one thread.  I think the first 3, then the next 2, then 1,
then 4, right?

In that case, the two first threads should be below the others...  I
checked in some mail group here, and for me it works just fine.  Here is
an "anonymized screenshot":

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
R ┃  ┃-> xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx┃ ● Musterlösung Metamodell/Objektdiagramm 
Feature-Diagramme <June 26>
OA┃  ┃xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ┃ ╰─❯  <June 26>
O ┃  ┃-> xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx┃  ╰─❯  <June 26>
O ┃  ┃xxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ┃   ╰─❯  <June 26>
OA┃  ┃xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx    ┃ ● Exposé zur Masterarbeit <June 20>
O ┃  ┃-> xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx ┃ ╰─❯  <June 26>
O ┃  ┃-> xxxxxx xxxxx        ┃ ❯ 8. GST-Aufgabe <June 26>
OA┃  ┃-> xxxxxx xxxxx        ┃ ● Clojure Intro <June 22>
O ┃  ┃-> Tassilo Horn        ┃ ├─❯  <June 26>
O ┃  ┃-> Tassilo Horn        ┃ ╰─❯  <June 26>
OA┃  ┃xxxxxx xxxxx           ┃ ● schließen/löschen des greqlrenovation-Branches 
<June 27>
O ┃  ┃-> xxxxxx xxxxx        ┃ ╰─❯  <June 27>
OA┃  ┃-> xxxx xxxxxxx        ┃ ● Musterlösung vom Issue-Tracker <June 26>
O ┃  ┃-> Tassilo Horn        ┃ ├─❯  <June 26>
O ┃  ┃-> Tassilo Horn        ┃ ├─❯  <June 26>
OA┃  ┃xxxxxxx xxxx           ┃ ╰─❯  <June 28>
O ┃  ┃-> xxxxxxx xxxx        ┃  ╰─❯  <June 28>
OA┃  ┃xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx    ┃ ● ASP <June 28>
O ┃  ┃-> xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx ┃ ╰─❯  <June 28>
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Bye,
Tassilo