XBATCH Command (Was: Re: New NNTP extensions in INN 1.5?)

[Stan Barber]

The charter we discussed at the BOF is the following:

    1.Revise and publish a standards-track successor to RFC 977 that would 
      remove ambiguities from the original document, add a mechanism for 
      adding standards-track extensions to the protocol and providing a 
      mechanism for the server to inform the client of which extensions it
      supports. 
    2.Include in the same document some reasonable group of existing commonly
      used extensions forming a new base functionality for NNTP 
    3.Upon completion of the RFC977 successor document and with the approval 
      of the Applications Area Directorate, select a new standards-track 
      extension for NNTP and test the newly established mechanism for 
      adding extensions. 

Unlike the previous WG, this will not invent technology, but rather
establish a new baseline for what NNTP is and should be going forward.
It will also establish a mechanism for continuting the development of NNTP
in which new technology can be added.

The Appliacation ADs wanted a set of attainable goals that could be achived
in a 9 - 16 month timeframe. Hopefully, these can be attained because they
do not involve the development of lots of new technology.

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