Merge from gnus--devo--0

Revision: emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-1178

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diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index 9cb1746ce1f..1c7811cb440 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-05-24  Reiner Steib  <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
+
+        * gnus.texi (Filling In Threads): Additions to gnus-fetch-old-headers.
+
 2008-05-15  Reiner Steib  <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
 
         * gnus.texi (Scoring On Other Headers): Fix typo.  Rearrange.
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index e964129df84..8273be8f6da 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -7071,6 +7071,14 @@ This variable can also be set to @code{invisible}.  This won't have any
 visible effects, but is useful if you use the @kbd{A T} command a lot
 (@pxref{Finding the Parent}).
 
+The server has to support @acronym{NOV} for any of this to work.
+
+@cindex Gmane, gnus-fetch-old-headers
+This feature can seriously impact performance it ignores all locally
+cached header entries.  Setting it to @code{t} for groups for a server
+that doesn't expire articles (such as news.gmane.org), leads to very
+slow summary generation.
+
 @item gnus-fetch-old-ephemeral-headers
 @vindex gnus-fetch-old-ephemeral-headers
 Same as @code{gnus-fetch-old-headers}, but only used for ephemeral