[NNTP] LIST EXTENSIONS (again)

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Howard Swinehart said:
>> I'm not completely opposed to the idea, but I'm very suspicious of it
>> because other protocols haven't needed it.

Yet.

My experience in other areas (X, C, POSIX) is that eventually the need
comes back and bites you.

> How about if we use the NNTPVx tokens exactly as you described with one
> additional note that tokens beginning with the 5 letters "NNTPV" are
> reserved for indicating the protocol version.  This way clients can reliably
> detect a NNTPV2 or higher protocol by checking for NNTPV*, they can detect
> current broken servers by the lack of NNTPV* and they can detect future
> incompatible versions by the lack of NNTPV2.

Except that I'm writing it differently, this is what I'm proposing (my
"approach B") and what Russ seemed to agree with in a previous message.

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