Re: ietf-nntp Thoughts on renaming X commands

Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu> Wed, 16 October 1996 04:26 UTC

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> >the purpose of the doing this work in the first place.
> 
> To document existing practice and define a mechanism for future work?

Yes, this is what we discussed at the Montreal BOF:

1. Document existing practice
2. Define an extension negotiation mechanism
3. After (and only after) the above two are done, the group can 
   review suggested extensions that people want to submit.

Keith