[NNTP] Capability modifiers

[Kai Henningsen]

clive at demon.net (Clive D.W. Feather)  wrote on 10.02.05 in <20050210082816.GF70649 at finch-staff-1.thus.net>:

> Kai Henningsen said:
> >> If we remove modifiers entirely, we still want to say *something* about
> >> extensibility of the CAPABILITIES syntax,
> > Why?
>
> Because we should be able to design a extensible mechanism this time,

I am not convinced this particular mechanism *should* be all that  
extensible.

> instead of having to patch around problems from lack of thinking.
>
> And because, in particular, CAPABILITIES tells you what features are
> available, and having to see whether a feature to tell you what features
> are supported is supported before using it to find out what features are
> supported is a really dumb idea.

This argues to me that CAPABILITIES should NOT be significantly  
extensible.


MfG Kai