[NNTP] Extension snapshots 3
Ken Murchison
ken at oceana.com
Tue Feb 8 07:12:30 PST 2005
Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
> Ken Murchison said:
>
>>>STREAMING
>>>
>>>2.3.2: the last sentence contradicts the first. Since the first sentence
>>>says it MUST support MODE STREAM if streaming works, the SHOULD in the last
>>>sentence makes no sense. Just delete the last sentence.
>>
>>OK, I see your point. What I'm trying to say is that MODE STREAM isn't
>>required (because its deprecated by CAPABILITIES), but if supported, it
>>returns 203.
>
>
> Isn't it easier just to require it? What's the benefit in allowing it to be
> not provided?
Based on Russ' input, we're deprecating it because its only use was as a
limited capability discovery command. In the presence of LIST
CAPABILITIES, it really serves no purpuse. We're only documenting it so
that a VERSION 2 server can still support a legacy client (peer).
I'll defer to whatever Russ thinks is "the right thing".
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