* gnus-agent.el (gnus-agent-cat-groups): rewrote avoiding defsetf
to avoid run-time CL dependencies.
(gnus-agent-unfetch-articles): New function.
(gnus-agent-fetch-headers): Use gnus-agent-braid-nov to validate
article numbers even when local .overview file is missing.
(gnus-agent-read-article-number): New function. Only accepts
27-bit article numbers.
(gnus-agent-copy-nov-line, gnus-agent-uncached-articles): Use
gnus-agent-read-article-number.
(gnus-agent-braid-nov): Rewrote to validate article numbers coming
from backend while recognizing that article numbers in .overview
must be valid.
(gnus-agent-update-files-total-fetched-for): Use
directory-files-and-attributes to improve performance.
* gnus-int.el (gnus-request-move-article): Use
gnus-agent-unfetch-articles in place of gnus-agent-expire to
improve performance.
* gnus-start.el (gnus-convert-old-newsrc): Changed message text as
some users confused by references to .newsrc when they only have a
.newsrc.eld file.
(gnus-convert-mark-converter-prompt,
gnus-convert-converter-needs-prompt): Fixed use of property list.
* legacy-gnus-agent.el (gnus-agent-convert-to-compressed-agentview-prompt):
New function. Used internally to only display 'gnus converting
files' message when actually necessary.
* gnus-sum.el (): Removed (require 'gnus-agent) as required
methods now autoloaded.