23 Jan 14, Michiel van der Vlist ==> Pavel Gulchouck:
MvdV> On Thursday January 23 2014 11:21, you wrote to Benny Pedersen:
PG>> In my oppinion it will be graceful to allow something like PG>> "[hostname]" in that field and rename it in FTS-5000, but I'm not sure PG>> about currently using software.
MvdV> Oh no, not THAT again.
MvdV> Apart from the reasons already given by Kees, allowing host names in the telephone number field is a bad idea because:
MvdV> Classic POTS mailers were written on the assumption that the telephone number field contains one of the following and MvdV> nothing else:
MvdV> o A valid dialable telephone number MvdV> o The string "-Unpublished-" (without the quotes)
MvdV> In general there is no way to tell what will happen if anything else is presented to a classic POTS mailer with a POTS MvdV> modem. The modem may attempt to dial it according to the letters on a standard telephone, or it may attempt to dial the MvdV> letters a-d as DTMF codes in the fourth row. Or it may do something else.
MvdV> Anything but a valid dialable telephone number or "-Unpublisehd-" is bad juju and I am very glad that we can finally get MvdV> rid of all the bogus telephone numbers in the nodelist.
Ok, I understand and agree, thanks. Pity, but it seems we have no way to break compatibility with archaic software. Distribution of new-generation "nodelist 2.0" (xml? json?) in parallel with old-fashion nodelist may lead some problems too (which one is primary? Do all coordinators need to support both formats?).
