= Сообщение: 5354 из 7124 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Maurice Kinal 1:153/7001 21 Dec 20 11:37:26 Кому : Joachim Probst 21 Dec 20 11:37:26 Тема : alternative DateTime (ref: fts-0001.016) FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:153/7001+5fe088f6 На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:240/6309+5fe07a32 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== ============================================================================== Hey Joachim!
JP> Being a few days in hospital I will take the first post to JP> answer.
Hopefully it wasn't anything too serious and I feel honoured that your first post was directed towards myself.
JP> As we have seen, backward compatibility is always a problem with JP> old software. But would the solution not be, simply defining a JP> new version of the pkt-format?
Offhand I have two issues with this idea, the first being that writing a new format would be much more work than the rfc-3339 kludge and more than likely have the same result. Secondly it doesn't fix the problem embedded in the two digit year whereas replacing the DateTime stamp does and is probably the simplest and most effective true fix for a 20 year old bug that continues to haunt and will continue to haunt. Using a hospital analogy, you cannot call a disease cured if you still have the disease when being released from the hospital. At best you can say that it is in remission which isn't too far off from the current problem with two digit years.
Anyhow, as I said in a previous post I am open to dropping the proposal if something better is presented. So far I haven't seen it although your reasonable suggestion probably comes the closest but I am doubtful that it will have greater success than the rfc-3339 kludge idea. Having said that it isn't up to me to decide the merits of any proposal.
JP> Why not use them for what they are designed: signaling of new JP> versions and supports that may or may not become a future to JP> fidonet?
That sounds very reasonable. I for one would appreciate seeing a rough draft of such a thing but the final decision isn't in my hands. However if I were a betting man I'd say your idea might have the greater edge at being successful.
Life is good, Maurice
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