= Сообщение: 4304 из 7124 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Rob Swindell 1:103/705 18 Feb 19 18:33:36 Кому : mark lewis 18 Feb 19 18:33:36 Тема : SQUISH ... who can submit the proposal? FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=29758.ftsc_pub@1:103/705+20d1153e На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:3634/12.73+5c6b6577 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== ============================================================================== Re: SQUISH ... who can submit the proposal? By: mark lewis to Rob Swindell on Mon Feb 18 2019 09:09 pm
> > On 2019 Feb 18 14:16:04, you wrote to me: > > ml>> it was discussed some time back (maybe 10-15 years?) but decided > ml>> against since they are not FTN related... they are specific to > ml>> message storage which can be done in any format and is not required > ml>> for FTN participation... > > RS> FOSSIL isn't required for FTN participation either, yet it's an FSC > RS> document. <shrug> > > it was at one time because that was the only way to have the software be > able to run on multiple platforms with widely differing serial port > methodologies... > there was also a video fossil (aka VFOSSIL) used due to differing video > methodologies... MSG is also documented and not required...
When I joined FidoNet in 1992, I did not need nor use a FOSSIL driver. <shrug>
> i actually liked the idea of having the message base formats and detailed > information on how they worked in the library but... that discussion was > back when odin, colin or scott were the chair... i'm fairly sure it was > before scott... i don't have a problem adding them to the /reference/ > library... it is > a bit late in the game, though...
For archival purposes, I don't see a problem with it. The "prior art" seems to condone the practice (for FSCs anyway). --- SBBSecho 3.06-Linux * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
