9896 - [PP] Mac platform does not list the last newsgroup subscribed

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect, P3)

Description

[pmock]

Build Date & Platform Bug Found:
  Mac Seamonkey commercial build 1999-07-13-09 installed on PPC 9600/300 OS 8.5.1

Overview Description:
  The last newsgroup listed in the news configuration file (i.e.
news.mozilla.org) does not get listed in mozilla.  If you have only one newsgroup
subscribed then no newsgroup will be listed in mozilla. If you have more than 1
newsgroup subscribed, then the one listed last in the news.mozilla.org file will
not be listed.

Note: this problem does not occur on Win32 or Linux seamonkey.

Steps to Reproduce:
0) In Nova subscribe to 1 or more newsgroup under news.mozilla.org
1) Configure your prefs50.js for the news server news.mozilla.org
    See preference instructions at
         http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/prefs-info.html
2) Launch Apprunner
3) Open Messenger through the Task menu or through the Task bar/component bar
4) Select the news server "news.mozilla.org
5) Double click on news server icon/name
   Notice that the last subscribed newsgroup is NOT listed.

Actual Results:
 The last newsgroup is not listed.  If you previously under Nova had only added
one newsgroup, then no newsgroup would be listed.  If you had more than more
newsgroup subscribed then the last newsgroup would not be listed

Expected Results:
 All newsgroups should be listed after you double click on the server icon/name.

Additional Builds and Platforms Tested On:
 Win32 Seamonkey build 1999-07-13-10 installed on Gateway P200 Win98
 Linux Seamonkey build 1999-07-13-08 installed on Compaq P200 RedHat 5.2
  Problem does not occur on win32 or linux.

Additional Information:
  If you have only 1 newsgroup subscribed then this gives the user the impression
that their prefs50.js is wrong or the feature is broken.

 *This could be a release note candidate once engineering confirms this problem.

Comment 1

[Jean-Francois Ducarroz]

reassign to sspitzer. Seth, let me know if you need help...

Comment 2

[lchiang]

<Fixing the summary.  It contained information for a bug template.>

Comment 3

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

accepting bug.  marking m9.

Comment 4

[lchiang]

<will update verah to release note this for M8>

Comment 5

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

yes, I'm seeing this too.  I think I can squash this for m9.

Comment 6

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

fixed.

I checked in the fix over the weekend, so it will be in any of today's builds.

Comment 7

[pmock]

Verified in the Mac commercial seamonkey build 1999072615.  All the newsgroups
that I subscribed to were correctly displayed in todays build.