Subj : Net Development
To : Bill Birrell
From : Jan Vermeulen
Date : Mon Jan 06 2003 10:11 pm
Quoting Bill Birrell on Sat 4 Jan 2003 23:24 to Jan Vermeulen:
>> XML zipped nodelists are approx 30% _larger_; I do
>> not know if this is due to the tags (which are needed
>> in order xml will work) or to a less efficient zip
>> library caused by those tags.
bb> With the present FidoNet Policy document (4.07) that is going
bb> to be a problem. As things stand the only approvable changes are
bb> those which reduce the size of the nodelist and therefore the cost
bb> of distribution.
If you aim at the second paragraph of P4, 2.1.9, you do have a point as it
is one place that points out that FidoNet is not the place to cause undue cost
to other sysops.
Thinking of that, that is valid for any action one takes in FidoNet, like
flagging one's modem as V32B where it is V34, or the opposite.
-=<[ JV ]>=-
bb> Would you please confirm that I have interpreted policy
bb> correctly? If so, it would seem that the XML nodelist would have to
bb> be distributed by internet if at all. That brings back the ethical
bb> problem of the dime that I mentioned earlier. I have personally
bb> sidestepped that lemma by keeping FTS and internet entirely
bb> separate.
bb> I note with approval that Scott Little takes public domain
bb> source for granted. I hope his fellow developers share this view.
