[NNTP] Working group last call

[Ken Murchison]

Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

> Ken Murchison said:
> 
>>Here is the current wording.  I've just about reached the end of my 
>>word-smithing ability on this one, so any further change requests will 
>>have to be accompanied by suggested text.  ;)
> 
> 
> Taking the view that the command is mandatory but discouraged, the
> following would satisfy me:

These changes look good to me.  Consider them done (sometime today).  If 
I don't hear different in the next day or two, I'll submit the new 
drafts to the I-D editor.


> 
> 
>>"2.3. MODE STREAM Command
>>
>>     Historically this command was used by a client to discover if a
>>     server supported the CHECK and TAKETHIS commands.  This command is
>>     deprecated in favor of the CAPABILITIES discovery command and is
>>     only documented here for compatibility with legacy implementations
>>     [NNTP-COMMON] of these transport commands.
> 
> 
> s/documented/provided/
> 
> 
>>     New clients SHOULD use the CAPABILITIES command to check a server
>>     for support of the STREAMING extension but MAY implement and use
>>     the MODE STREAM command for backwards compatibility with legacy
>>     servers that don't support the CAPABILITIES discovery command.
> 
> 
> s/implement and use/use/
> 
> ["Implement" is, to me, what a server does.]
> 
> 
>>     Servers SHOULD accept the MODE STREAM command for backwards
>>     compatibility with legacy clients which don't use the CAPABILITIES
>>     discovery command.
> 
> 
> s/SHOULD/MUST/, since it's required for this version.
> 
> 
>>     NOTE: This command will be removed from subsequent versions of this
>>     specification, therefore clients are urged to transition to the
>>     CAPABILTIES command wherever possible.
> 
> 
> s/will be removed from subsequent versions/may be removed from a future
> version/, since we don't know what issues will drive future versions.
> 
> 
>>2.3.1. Usage
>>
>>     Syntax
>>        MODE STREAM
>>
>>     Responses
>>        203   Streaming permitted
>>
>>2.3.2. Description
>>
>>     If a server supports this extension and the MODE STREAM command, it
> 
> 
> s/and the MODE STREAM command//, since it's mandatory.
> 
> 
>>     MUST return a 203 response to the MODE STREAM command (or 501 if an
>>     argument is given).  The MODE STREAM command MUST NOT affect the
>>     server state in any way.  A server MUST NOT require that the MODE
>>     STREAM command be issued by the client before accepting the CHECK
>>     or TAKETHIS commands."
> 
> 


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