ietf-nntp References to PAT still present

[Russ Allbery]

Russell Vincent <rv at openusenet.org> writes:

> Another possible change with the HDR command needed:

> Section 13 (BNF Syntax) still has reference to the PAT command and
> the "hdr-command" line should be changed to replace PAT with HDR.

> Also, section 9.5.3 states:

>    This extension provides one new command, HDR. The label for
>    this extension is PAT.

> Should the label for the extension should be HDR and not PAT?
> If so, the following should also be updated:

>   8.1.1.1 (LIST EXTENSIONS Examples) should change from PAT to HDR.

> I gather the history of this was that the PAT command has been
> replaced with the HDR command to avoid complications being introduced
> with wildmats used for pattern matching in PAT. PAT has been
> relegated to an extension documented separately if deemed necessary.
> HDR does not use wildmats and is probably useful to keep.

You're correct on your understanding of the history, at least so far as I
know.  I agree with all of these changes.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra at stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>