Good ${greeting_time}, Ward!

04 Dec 2019 10:02:28, you wrote to me:

 AV>> TB> Aha... have _you_ ever done something tecnical represantive
 AV>> TB> for fido?
^^^^^^^^^(1)
 AV>> Being mostly a nodelist clerk, does he really need to?
   ^(2)
 WD> That is 100" correct.

Was, before being touched(1) by your old smelly editor :-)

FSC-0032 is just a proposal, but it is based on a much older rules, requiring
adding quote sign _before_ existing quote signs, but _after_ initials (which
obviously are optional). Given that, I've marked(2) the quote sign added by my
editor.

 AV>> TB> Written some patches?
 AV>> According to my memories: only proposed. However, good feature
 AV>> request may be almost a half of all work.
 WD> Let me think about some of the things which I did ...
 WD> * Ending the R24-schism. Torsten only joined Fidonet in 1996 so
 WD> he wouldn't be aware of that

/me too.

 WD> * Introducing IP into the nodelist (mark my words, no claim of
 WD> inventing it)
 WD> * Introducing/allowing Pvt for IP-only nodes when nothing else
 WD> was possible
 WD> * Introducing INA against the express wishes of Michiel
 WD> * Introducing daily-nodelists

Good.

 WD> * Introducing an UTF8-nodelist by request of Michiel, which I
 WD> think no-one uses

We (here in R50) could use it, but the others would unlikely be able to read
it... Also, there once was a Z6 :-)

 WD> * Whenever I could, meet people, have a beer , eat something ...
 WD> it is remarkable how one's perception of another person can change
 WD> after that

The BEER nodelist flag (FSP-1041) also was introduced for that purpose,

 WD> * I also wish some of the Russian sysops would remind me in a timely
 WD> manner of the annual impromptu beer-meeting in a Moscow park.

Next would be 2020-03-28 in a beer pub at 55.7424 N 37.6523 E :-)

 WD> * Introducton of PING. That is nothing major but I do get several
 WD> PING requests, so it must serve a purpose...

I couldn't expect this stupid robot to become so popular...

 WD> * Auto-converting old ISDN-flags
 WD> * Implement IBN IFC ITN IVM IMI ISE ITX IUC IEM IFT ETX EVY EMA
 WD> RPK NPK SDS SMH CDP ENC ...

s/Implement/Introduce/ ?

 WD> * Adding a CRC in REGION-segments where one is missing or incorrect
 WD> prior to processing

Generally, you had to check them first...

Also, the CRC appears to be too weak for these days... The SHA-2 should be
considered an absolute minimum, and Skein or Streebog are recommended.

 WD> ... and a lot more but alas it doesn't fall under the Torsten
 WD> guideline of doing "something tecnical represantive" "write
 WD> software" "write patches".

That's what we expect from FTSC members, not from nodelist clerks.


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