ietf-nntp Another message from urs@akk.org about tin

[Stan O. Barber]

"Clive D.W. Feather" wrote:
> 
> Stan O. Barber said:
> >>>> In addition to this, I think it is important that the new spec
> >>>> mandates this - intelligent/obvious - behaviour:
> >>>>
> >>>>   All unrecognised 200 series codes should be assumed as
> >>>>   success.
> >> [...]
> >>> Seems like a good clarification to me. Any other opinions?
> >>
> >> Some time ago I proposed the wording:
> >>
> >>   If a client receives an unexpected response, it SHOULD use the first
> >>   digit to determine what action to take. In most cases, a reasonable
> >>   action would be that taken for a valid response with the same first
> >>   digit.
> >>
> >> What is wrong with it ?
> >
> > Are you saying you have a different opinion or the same opinion?
...
> > (which you chose not to correctly indicate in your quotation of my message).
> 
> Excuse me ? I quoted enough (unchanged) to make it clear what was being
> talked about, and snipped excess text that was not necessary to understand
> the context of my reply. I don't understand what you are complaining about
> here.

Look closely. Indicate to me where you show that the first bit of text was
suggested by Lee Kindness. I don't see any inclusion that indicate the
attribution to Lee in what you quoted from my message. Since only my name is
mentioned in your message, it implies that I supplied the text that you are
commenting about. I didn't. That's the point.
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