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From: gary@proa.sv.dg.com (Gary Bridgewater)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: C News vs nntpxmit in nntp 1.5.11
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.035059.19135@proa.sv.dg.com>
Date: 22 Mar 91 03:50:59 GMT
References: <27E4746A.43C3@ibma0.cs.uiuc.edu> <1991Mar19.022808.24695@mp.cs.niu.edu> <3410@litchi.bbn.com>
Organization: Data General SDD, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <3410@litchi.bbn.com> rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes:
>It would be nice to have a printf-like string that says what to write, like
>	F=msf

Is it beyond the pale to suggest that the various software providers involved
have an e-mail gettogether and agree on what could and/or should be done to
let NNTP zip along and then put out coordinated releases with patches/updates
so that one unique flag "<something>" in the sys file means "put out the
exact right thing that NNTP wants"???

This patch (which could be rev independent) need only be installed by those
sites that want it.  It would be marked, in each case, as needing the "mumble"
patch to the other package(s) to work correctly.

???
-- 
Gary Bridgewater, Data General Corporation, Sunnyvale California
gary@sv.dg.com or {amdahl,aeras,amdcad}!dgcad!gary
C++ - it's the right thing to do.