Subj : SQUISH ... who can submit the proposal?
To : mark lewis
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Thu Feb 21 2019 06:50 pm
Re: SQUISH ... who can submit the proposal?
By: mark lewis to Rob Swindell on Mon Feb 18 2019 09:09 pm
ml>>> it was discussed some time back (maybe 10-15 years?) but decided
ml>>> against since they are not FTN related... they are specific to
ml>>> message storage which can be done in any format and is not
ml>>> required for FTN participation...
RS>> FOSSIL isn't required for FTN participation either, yet it's an FSC
document. <shrug>
ML> it was at one time because that was the only way to have the software be
ML> able to run on multiple platforms with widely differing serial port
ML> methodologies... there was also a video fossil (aka VFOSSIL) used due to
ML> differing video methodologies... MSG is also documented and not
ML> required...
ML> i actually liked the idea of having the message base formats and detailed
ML> information on how they worked in the library but... that discussion was
ML> back when odin, colin or scott were the chair... i'm fairly sure it was
ML> before scott... i don't have a problem adding them to the /reference/
ML> library... it is a bit late in the game, though...
Colin and Odin both.
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