= Сообщение: 63 из 2391 ================================== RU.FIDONET.DIGEST = От : Ivan Agarkov 2:5020/849.1 27 Jan 14 12:03:36 Кому : All 27 Jan 14 12:03:36 Тема : [FWD] FidoNews 31:04 [02/08]: General Articles FGHI : area://RU.FIDONET.DIGEST?msgid=2:5020/849.1+52e614df = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP866 ================================== ============================================================================== Привет, All!
> Процесс внесения изменений в формат нодлиста, > длившийся почти 10 лет, завершен. > Теперь -Unpublished- в телефонном номере могут иметь иметь любые узлы, > включая Region,Host,Hub-узлы. > Автор статьи предполагает, что это последнее крупное изменение > в формате нодлиста в связи с сокращением числа узлов в Фидо.
============================================================================= * Переслал Ivan Agarkov (2:5020/849.1) * Обл. : fidonews (fidonews) * От : FidoNews Robot, 2:2/2 (27 янв 14 03:42) * Кому : All * Тема : FidoNews 31:04 [02/08]: General Articles ============================================================================= The last major change in the nodelist? By Michiel van der Vlist 2:280/5555
Last week a process hat was initiated almost ten year ago entered its final phase with the remaining four ZC's enabling the so called "Allowunpub" option in the new NewMakeNl. Ben Baker's original version of MakeNl only allowed the string "-Unpublished-" in the telephone number field of the nodelist in combination with the "Pvt", "Hold" or "Down" keyword. This restriction has now been removed. "-Unpublished-" can now be used in any nodelist entry and in nodelist.024 we have already seen it in combination with "Region", "Host", "Hub" and no keyword.
The list of people that have made this possible is long. Too long to mention them all and so I won't even try. It took a long time. Ten years. Which is exceptionally long for a software programme. Had this been a commercial operation, the company would have gone belly up long ago.
Of course it is not finished yet. Although we have already seen many changes in last Friday's, I expect a fairly long transition period during which we will still see IP only nodes listed as "Pvt" or see them listed with all zero or other fake telephone numbers. This will also be an opportunity to surface and weed out the dead wood in the nodelist.
But a major step has been set, there is no way back now. The FTSC has published a new version of FTS-5000 to document the new possibilities.
This will probably be the last major change we will see in the Fidonet nodelist. I fear it is too late in the game for any more major changes. Fidonet is shrinking, there are just a handful of developers left that are willing and able to do the leg work needed. We barely managed to complete this one. Another ten year project will be beyond the capabilities of our shrinking manpower.
So let us thank all the people that made this possible. The programmers that have worked to get MakeNl next generation to work on all the relevant platforms, the fans on the side encouraging them and testing it, and last but not least the *C's for finally throwing the switch.
Chapeaux guys and girls! =============================================================================
