Peter Van Lone said the following on 05/09/2013 09:14 AM:
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.fantastic post - thank you for sorting through the RFCs to give us a definitive understanding of the current standard
Peter
Much appreciated, but to be fair, it took me longer to type in and cut and paste than to look up. Its not that I know the RFCs by heart, but my Google-FU sometimes hits rich and I do know to look at the RFC indexes first to see revisions and errata, just as some of us are wise (or wizened) enough to do things like read the release notes. To be further fair, some of the RFCs were bombs - in both senses. Some were ideas from vendors that were trying to justify their products and were not about interoperability or the "I tried this and it worked, how about you try it and tell me what you find or if you can refine it" which is the real thread running though the RFCs. The response to a few, thankfully very few, was a "nah, there's a better way, try this instead". So we've moved forward by innovation and openness. And then there are the April First RFCs ... As for "*current* standard": keep watching that space. And do remember, some are classed as "Best Practices". -- You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave. Sydney Smith -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org