Stephen Berman <stephen.ber...@gmx.net> writes: > On Wed, 05 Jul 2023 11:55:36 -0700 Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> > wrote: > >> On 07/05/23 10:04 AM, Stephen Berman wrote: >>> On Tue, 04 Jul 2023 20:50:05 -0700 Eric Abrahamsen >>> <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote: > [...] >>>> Using `nntp-connection-timeout' is the proper fix for this problem, it's >>>> just got a bit of unfortunate behavior that needs to be remedied. I'd be >>>> inclined to start a whole new bug report for a fix for that, because >>>> it's really a new issue, with its own larger-reaching design decisions. >>>> I suppose we could merge #52735 with that, though. >>> >>> Feel free to open a new bug for fixing nntp-connection-timeout. I don't >>> know if I can help, other than trying out suggestions and providing >>> feedback. In the meantime I'll keep using my workaround replacement >>> function. >>> >>> But I wonder, could this issue have been triggered by some change in >>> news.gmane.io around early to mid December 2021? Because that's when >>> the problem start for me, and prior to that I don't recall ever having >>> this problem (perhaps sporadically but not with such persistance). >> >> The nntp-connection-timeout variable has been present and nil since >> 1999. I put my original buggy fix in at the end of October 2021, so that >> seems suspicious, but that should only have had an effect if you had set >> nntp-connection-timeout to something other than the default of nil. > > I've never touched nntp-connection-timeout, I only became aware of it > when you mentioned it in this thread. Also, October 2021 is too early: > the early to mid December date stands out to me because in early > December of that year there was a change in my internet service, and I > started experiencing the Gnus problem soon thereafter. At first I > thought it might be due to my change in internet service, but the > problem really was and remains only with fetching news with Gnus (and > not with fetching email with Gnus, which I do from different mail > servers). I also only use news.gmane.io for fetching news, so that's > why I thought maybe something changed there.
It's entirely possible! The buggy fix was reverted in early May, so if you stopped seeing the bad behavior then, that would be pretty conclusive.
