Subj : Nodelist, the main issue
To   : Haakan Karlsson
From : Johannes Lundberg
Date : Sat Jul 20 2002 04:19 pm

 hk> If the new list comes in a new file-echo and maybe with a new name there
 hk> will be no confusion. The old software will not recognize it as a
 hk> nodelist or nodediff until it has been converted. A list in the present
 hk> format can be distributed in paralell during a reasonable time to make a
 hk> smooth transition possible.

And it wouldn't even have to be a transition period. Nodes could continue to 
use their old software as long as they want.

I think this is the way to go.


[SIDENOTES. Just an add-on feature to a new nodelist-format]

Although, the DNS-system has some interesting features too. It makes you 
up-to-date, all the time. And it removes the need for a local nodelist. But I 
think this could be solved even better with a new nodelist-format. You could 
have an optional central nodelist-server, whom you could ask for a certain 
nodelist-entry. This would give you the good things from both ideas. hejsan 
 
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