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kpc> == k p c <kpc@pluto.arc.nasa.gov>

 kpc> in hopes of clearing things up...

 kpc> this is my understanding of what versions are available and the status
 kpc> of each.  please make corrections if you know any.  i've sent this to
 kpc> masanobu umeda already.
[...]
 kpc> gnus2 v0.33	alpha?		scott ballantyne

 kpc> 	only available to hackers.  requires nov and other c code.
 kpc> 	author says it's much faster than 3.14.1.  works with news
 kpc> 	overview database.  comes with a disclaimer that says that
 kpc> 	it's deliberately not made "plug and go".  i wasn't able to
 kpc> 	get it to work in a reasonable amount of time but some people
 kpc> 	apparently use it.  (including eff people?). [...]

I haven't had time to try it yet.  Other things have taken priority.  (I
haven't installed the nov database yet anyway, so GNUS2 wouldn't do much
good to me, would it?)

 kpc> eff	available at eff	???

 kpc> 	3.14.1 with joe wells' hacks and most of the packages written
 kpc> 	for 3.14.1.  works.  basically a replacement for 3.14.1 and
 kpc> 	some of the contributed hacks many people have collected.

This is just a marginal cleanup & minor bug fix deal, bundled with some of
the better (IMHO) add-ons (including a properly-working version of
gnus-user-tale.el).  I "maintain" it as much as anyone can be said
to; basically I just figured I'd leverage the work I did on the local
installation so people elsewhere could take advantage of it.

It's not likely to get any more work (in particular, I'm not likely to
update it to be in sync with 3.14.3 or gnus2) but is not a bad place to
start from if you're installing a "production" GNUS system today.  The
add-ons and patches are not documented but a good diff -cr against the
"regular" 3.14.1 release might be illuminating :)

It's ftpable as ftp.eff.org:/users/ckd/gnus3.14.1.eff.01.tar.Z.
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