*** Quoting Felipe T. Dorado from a message to Bob Short ***

FTD> As for this IONs listings and nodelist format upgrade discussions, I'm
FTD> sorry to say I'm too busy at present to be able to follow the innumera
FTD> postings in this echo, let alone those in FNSYSOP :(

FTD> Since a few, just a few, nodes in my region have actually asked about
FTD> the topic, could some kind soul please make a digest/briefing of what
FTD> is being discussed so I can translate it and inform the rest of my reg
FTD> It would be greatly appreciated.

Sure!

There is much discussion.  Most of it is technical in how to correctly list
an ¨ION in the nodelist so that they can be contacted via IP methods.  Many
¨listings right now do not have the right information.  They lack a FQDN or
¨email address to use to match an IP type flag.

The other discussions are mostly on how we might in the future, expand the
¨nodelist format with some new tools to generate a nodelist.  That one will
take ¨time but I have a feeling might actually happen eventually.  Most
discussions ¨on that have us using a dual node-stub, one traditional and
one expanded then ¨merged somehow with a tool by those who want the
extended information.
                                       xxcarol

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