[NNTP] 32 bit article counters

Steve Walker nntp at nntpserver.com
Thu Jul 14 04:28:25 PDT 2005


Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

> My overriding view on this is "this discussion MUST NOT hold up publication
> of the document". Since it's already at the RFC Editor (and IANA have
> already done their actions) I don't believe we can address it in this
> version.

I totally disagree.  This is a major issue that must be resolved.
You can not push forward a proposed standard that is so
completely broken that it specifies a limit without any
corrective action.  Changing two lines of text fixes the problem
forever (well, almost forever).

Steve.






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