[NNTP] CAPABILITIES problem!

[Charles Lindsey]

In <20050802065403.GI76892 at finch-staff-1.thus.net> "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive at demon.net> writes:


>Option (1):

>The term "keyword" is used for four things:
>- command names
>- command second word names (notably LIST)
>- the argument to CAPABILITIES
>- capability labels

Seems a lot of features to change at this late stage.

>Option (2):

>There are two sub-options:
>(2A): remove the length restriction
>(2B): remove all restrictions, except that it must begin with a letter
>      other than X.

>Option (2A):

>New wording:

>  The capability label, which is a token indicating the capability. 
>  The label must be a keyword except that it can be longer than 12
>  characters.

Kludge!

>Option (2B):

>New wording:

>  The capability label, which is a token indicating the capability. 
>  It MUST begin with a letter.

That's better!


>Option (3):

>Change "IMPLEMENTATION" to "SERVER-INFO" wherever it occurs.

And for a last minute change, that seems far enough.

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