From: J.B. Moreno (planb@newsreaders.com)
Date: Thu Dec 12 2002 - 22:42:19 CST
On 12/12/02 3:35 PM, Matt Curtin at <cmcurtin@interhack.net> wrote:
> I'm not passionate about this point, but I do think that in this
> context, we need to rate backward compatibility and documentation of
> what is currently happening high priorities. (I think it should be
> case insensitive across the board, but absent any study that shows my
> results with Gnus and INN are atypical, but USEFOR isn't about our
> preferences.)
The thing is, it's going to be entered by the user 9 times out of 10 (or
even more often), and while Gnus and INN may not handle it, there's been
nothing to indicate that this is widespread -- and even if it is, it's not
desirable, because it *will* happen.
MacSOUP and Thoth both treat it as case insensitive -- as does NW which
means MTNW and YANW do likewise.
But even if they are the only programs to do so, I think the fact that users
will be entering this by hand trumps current practice in this case, it's the
right thing to do and we should be encouraging it.
-- J.B. Moreno