[NNTP] Extension docs snapshots

[Ken Murchison]

Russ Allbery wrote:

> Ken Murchison <ken at oceana.com> writes:
> 
>>Russ Allbery wrote:
> 
> 
>>>The comment that it can't be pipelined is in there not for any inherent
>>>protocol reason, but because it doesn't make any sense to do so.  The
>>>thing you're going to want to do next is issue a CHECK or TAKETHIS
>>>command, and until MODE STREAM returns, you don't know if you actually
>>>can or if you need to use IHAVE instead.  It's an extension negotiation
>>>command, and therefore it doesn't make any sense to queue up use of the
>>>extension before you're aware that the extension is there.  It doesn't
>>>really matter, but I'd be inclined to leave in the prohibition; it's
>>>going to quickly become irrelevant since MODE STREAM is only an issue
>>>when dealing with legacy implementations.
> 
> 
>>Would it be better if I changed the text to say "SHOULD NOT be
>>pipelined"?
> 
> 
> That works for me.

Or would it be better yet to say "SHOULD NOT be pipelined with CHECK or 
TAKETHIS"?

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