(gnus-refer-article-method): Change default to 'current.

When referring an article, the common behaviour is to refer it from the
current select method, not the native select method.  The chances of
the native select method having the message in question is rather slim
these days.

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 76ef84e..90e156e 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2010-09-02  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
 
+       * gnus.el (gnus-refer-article-method): Change default to 'current.
+       When referring an article, the common behaviour is to refer it from the
+       current select method, not the native select method.  The chances of
+       the native select method having the message in question is rather slim
+       these days.
+
        * gnus-sum.el (gnus-auto-select-subject): Change default to
        `unseen-or-unread'.  I think it's likely that most people want to
        select an unseen article over a previously seen, but unread one.

diff --git a/lisp/gnus.el b/lisp/gnus.el
index 322ba47..c65ec99 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/gnus.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus.el
@@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ Obsolete variable; use `message-user-organization' instead.")
 
 ;; Customization variables
 
-(defcustom gnus-refer-article-method nil
+(defcustom gnus-refer-article-method 'current
   "Preferred method for fetching an article by Message-ID.
 If you are reading news from the local spool (with nnspool), fetching
 articles by Message-ID is painfully slow.  By setting this method to an
@@ -1454,6 +1454,7 @@ in the documentation of `gnus-select-method'.
 It can also be a list of select methods, as well as the special symbol
 `current', which means to use the current select method.  If it is a
 list, Gnus will try all the methods in the list until it finds a match."
+  :version "24.1"
   :group 'gnus-server
   :type '(choice (const :tag "default" nil)
                 (const current)