Subj : 2021 FTSC Standing Member Election
To   : Oli
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Wed Jan 27 2021 04:57 pm

 Re: 2021 FTSC Standing Member Election
 By: Oli to Andrew Leary on Wed Jan 27 2021 07:01 pm

> Andrew wrote (2021-01-26):
>
>  AL> Note to candidates: The main task of the FTSC is to document current
>  AL> practise. Contrary to what the name suggests, the FTSC does not create
>  AL> standards out of the blue. Current Fidonet practise evolves and when
>  AL> it has stabilized, it may become a standard through FTSC documentation.
>  AL> Also, the FTSC is not an enforcement body. Those who wish to join the
>  AL> FTSC in order to "engineer Fidonet" may be in for a disappointment.
>
> Funny, I found this on the ftsc.org wiki:
>
>   Publication: FTS-0001
>   Revision: 17
>   [...]
>   2.1. Message bundles
>   All nodes must be able to receive and process uncompressed FSC-0048 PKT
> type 2+ bundles.
>
> Can we call this insanity?

It's certainly an oxymoron (packets are not bundles). Where is this document exactly (rev 17)? I don't see a wiki at ftsc.org.

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