ietf-nntp "Common NNTP Extensions" document updated

[Dave Barr]

In message <19971201162803.00397 at oaktree.co.uk>, Jon Ribbens writes:
>I really can't see how anyone can seriously propose that parts of such
>a protocol can be removed with no warning. How on earth are people supposed
>to write RFC-compliant software if tomorrow someone might suddenly change
>the RFC so that their software is no longer compliant?

That's how standards work.

--Dave