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

[Ken Murchison]

Russ Allbery wrote:
> 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.


How about ASYNCFEED?  This seems to describe TAKETHIS mode than CHECK. 
Actually, why can't we just use TAKETHIS as the extension keyword?



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