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echo: ftsc_public
to: OLI
from: ROB SWINDELL
date: 2021-01-27 17:05:00
subject: 2021 FTSC Standing Member

  Re: 2021 FTSC Standing Member Election
  By: Oli to Andrew Leary on Wed Jan 27 2021 07:01 pm

 > Andrew wrote (2021-01-26):
 >
 >  AL> Note to candidates: The main task of the FTSC is to document current
 >  AL> practise. Contrary to what the name suggests, the FTSC does not create
 >  AL> standards out of the blue. Current Fidonet practise evolves and when
 >  AL> it has stabilized, it may become a standard through FTSC documentation.
 >  AL> Also, the FTSC is not an enforcement body. Those who wish to join the
 >  AL> FTSC in order to "engineer Fidonet" may be in for a disappointment.
 >
 > Funny, I found this on the ftsc.org wiki:
 >
 >   Publication: FTS-0001
 >   Revision: 17
 >   [...]
 >   2.1. Message bundles
 >   All nodes must be able to receive and process uncompressed FSC-0048 PKT
 > type 2+ bundles.
 >
 > Can we call this insanity?

It's certainly an oxymoron (packets are not bundles). Where is this document
exactly (rev 17)? I don't see a wiki at ftsc.org.
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