In comp.sys.raspberry-pi,
Paul Hayton  wrote:
> The gateway software is operating as intended. It's attaching the
> correct timezone stamp to a message being posted by it. I think this
> is key point we differ on. The software is not defective because it
> doesn't run the way you think it should. It runs as intended. I do
> agree it's legacy software but it was being used quite happily back in
> the late 1990s and *nothing* has changed to it since.

And in the 1990s Fidonet was notorious for poor quality headers on
Usenet posts, so I don't think you are helping your argument there. When
your (as in you run it) software modifies a header to make it into a
lie, that's where it is defective. "It runs as intended" implies you
believe the authors wanted this lie to happen, instead of "didn't think
of this edge case".

> Turns out there may be source code for it (when I did a
> quick look thanks to Google) so if you know C and feel so inclined why not
> download the code and modify it to a way you think it should work.

There is a lot of source code online. If you don't provide a link, no
one will know which is the code you use. And if someone did fix the
source, would you commit to running the fixed version?

(I'll also repeat, my news reader software has ZERO issues threading
these Fidonet posts because it doesn't slavishly thread based on date.
The Fidonet gateway is note the only thing which needs a good coat of
mud here.)

Elijah
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