Subj : Re: ET phone home
To : Nick Andre
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sat Jan 07 2017 12:53 pm
Hi,
On 2017-01-06 18:07:51, Nick Andre wrote to Wilfred Van Velzen:
about: "Re: ET phone home":
WV>> Well it could use an update for the modern fidonet, to also check the
WV>> syste in the path line, when it does seen-by checking... Because
WV>> paths like these
NA> There WAS some work done with the PATH in the duplicate-check code, but
was
NA> commented-out by the original author, most likely because at that time, he
NA> wasn't quite sure what to make out of FSC-0052 or parts of FTS-0004.001,
NA> and/or he undoubtably was aware that a large Zone 2 hub used D'Bridge
NA> exclusively (Ward), along with major Net hubs in Zone 1.
When there were still duplicate nets in fidonet, zone-gates and seen-by
stripping was needed. And this wasn't a good idea. But fidonet has changed...
NA> No complaints, no nitpicking... no noise... not even ranting from Mark
NA> Lewis.
NA> It is a misconception that code that has worked for decades needs to be
NA> updated to support some new "modern" Fido technology...
Yes please, put your fingers in your ears, close your eyes, and keep repeating
the mantra "fidonet is not changing" for as long as you can. Maybe it will have
become a reality when you're done... ;)
