[NNTP] Snapshot 6

[Ken Murchison]

Russ Allbery wrote:
> Ken Murchison <ken at oceana.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>3.2.2:
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>>Since LISTGROUP, OVER and HDR have become optional capabilities rather
>>than extensions (which I'm fine with), I'd like to see some kind of
>>uniformity with the way that optional reader commands are advertised. We
>>have LISTGROUP, OVER and HDR advertised with their own capabilities, yet
>>POST is an argument to READER.  Obviously OVER needs to be a separate
>>capability because it has its own argument (unless we tweak syntax), but
>>LISTGROUP and HDR could simply be additional arguments to READER.
> 
> 
>>Similarly, if we change the IHAVE capability back to TRANSIT, then the
>>STREAMING extension could simply be a STREAMING argument to TRANSIT rather
>>than its own capability.
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> 
>>However, for simplicity and consistency it probably makes more sense to
>>just make POST its own capability.  Having said all that, I won't argue
>>strenuously for any changes.
> 
> 
> Hm, just making POST its own capability is very tempting, I agree.  I like
> that better than doing what you describe in the first two paragraphs
> above.

Agreed.  I was thinking (typing) out loud and realized at the end that 
making POST its own capability was the path of least resistance.

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