Sun 2002-11-10 17:03, Scott Little (3:712/848) wrote to andrew clarke:

 ac>> You can only extend the standard or obsolete it.

 > Ok, Txy is obsolete.  T:xy is the new standard.

 > Better?

Now try getting that past the FTSC.  Oh wait, you can't.  Damn.

I don't see any need to change from Txy to T:xy really.  Whoever gets
elected to the FTSC may have a different idea though.

 > The reason I mention it to you is because it's easier to have the flag 
 > translations built into the node translation that it would be to modify 
 > it later after native HRN software is already using Txy.

No need.  The idea is to get HRN used as the primary nodelist format used
for distribution by the ZCs.  Then people without a HRN compiler can use
software (like rnlcvt but more complete) to convert to St Louis.  Once
that's done, the St Louis flags after the "Operating [Dialup] [FTS-1]
[at] [phonenumber]" should be copied verbatim from the HRN if you're
converting to St Louis format.  But people shouldn't be _regularly_
converting the existing St Louis nodelist to HRN format
unless they have a dire need to (because the nodelist will normally be
distributed in HRN format by the ZCs).  That's the plan, anyway!

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