ietf-nntp Re: draft-ietf-nntpext-streaming-00.txt

[Russ Allbery]

Jeffrey M Vinocur <jeff at litech.org> writes:

> So yes, we can change it to anything you like.  I wonder if
> "pipelineable feeding commands" and "PIPEFEED" might be more clear,
> though, since "post" has a dual meaning (any client->server article
> transfer, and the POST command in particular).

> (Anybody with a suggestion that doesn't involve the word
> "pipelineable"?)

I think calling it pipelining is a bit misleading.  Pipelining in the
context of network protocols refers specifically to the practice of
sending one command before waiting for the response to a previous command,
and is already addressed in the base NNTP document.  This isn't just
pipelining; it's a completely different protocol for sending messages.
One side effect of it is that the MODE STREAM commands can be pipelined
whereas IHAVE cannot, but it still seems like a different sort of beast to
me.

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