From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Mar 06 2003 - 09:40:24 CST
In <ylel5lk8jn.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu> Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> writes:
>I read your proposal carefully.
>> A compliant posting agent MUST NOT attempt to post to a moderated
>> non-ASCII group unless it knows it is connected to an upgraded
>> injector. That is why my proposal cretes a 'Y' in column 1 in lieu of
>> the 'Y' for upgraded injectors.
>This is a bunch of handwaving that doesn't change in the slightest what I
>wrote above.
No. We are being told that we need compatibility (though I do not accept
the more extreme interpretations of "compatibility" that some espouse).
We are told that if an extended feature is introduced that breaks
compatibility (for some definition of "compatibility"), then the correct
way is to include some "negotiation" of the new protocol.
So, I am trying to play it the IETF way. I have proposed a "negotiation"
(existing injectors will decline the extension). Compatibility is
preserved (at some cost to those who want to use the extended feature).
That is not "handwaving".
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