bug#33005: 27.0.50; Data loss with Gnus registry

[Michael Heerdegen]

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> But that was my only easy solution, unfortunately. You could examine the
> results of:
>
> (registry-collect-prune-candidates gnus-registry-db
> (registry-size gnus-registry-db) nil)

Ok, I'll try that.

> Shameless plug: I'm about to propose a new package called "gnus-mock",
> which sets up a temporary/trashable/reproducible Gnus installation that
> you can use for testing feature and hunting bugs, without endangering
> your own Gnus data.

Yes, that's sounds exactly like the thing I wanted :-)


Michael.