[NNTP] CAPABILITIES problem!

[Ned Freed]

> Ned Freed said:
> >> Possible solutions:
> >> (1) Relax the 12 character limit to something longer (where did it come
> >> from anyway?).
> >> (2) Relax the requirement for the label to be a keyword.
> >> (3) Change the keyword to something shorter, like SERVER_INFO.
> >
> > My personal preference would be to bump the limit to 16 or even 32 characters.
> > 12 seems a bit short.

> As I said, I'm not sure where the limit comes from in the first place.

> But, as Russ asks, what's the formal process?

IMO this can be handled during AUTH48. When the RFC Editor is ready you
as author will be contacted and asked if the RFC-to-be is OK. You submit
a correction then. The RFC Editor will run it past the relevant AD (Scott
in this case). If Scott is OK with the change then we should be good to go.

				Ned