Re: gnus makes emacs lose response

[Jason Rumney]

Richard Stallman wrote:
>     The proposal is simply that Gnus should detect a stale connection to
>     an NNTP server -- if the server doesn't respond in a timely manner, it
>     should drop the connection and open a new one.  
>
> It depends on the precise definition of "stale".  If it would include
> a connection made via WiFi when the card has been pulled out, then it
> would create a bug.
>   
I don't see how creating a new connection, which will either fail or go 
via another route in the above case, could be considered a bug.