Subj : type 2.2 pkt header
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Fri Apr 14 2023 15:00:24

  Re: type 2.2 pkt header
  By: Maurice Kinal to Rob Swindell on Fri Apr 14 2023 09:36 pm

 > Hey Rob!
 >
 >  >>  RS> and FSC-39 comliant packets as "Type 2e".
 >  >>
 >  >> That doesn't match any of the Types in the document in question.
 >  > Which document is that?
 >
 > Same as it always was, FSP-1042 draft 7.

Ah, that wasn't clear in the context.

 > I only see Type 2, Type 2+ an Type 2.2.  Beats me what Type 2e is although I  > probably have seen a document
 > somewhere describing it, along with a bunch of others that I have never run
 > across in a functional tosser ... yet.

'2e' is the term I introduced with https://wiki.synchro.net/ref:fidonet_packets to describe packets conforming to FSC-39 ("A Type-2 Packet Extension Proposal"), so the 'e' stands for "extension".

 >  RS> I think the differentiation I've done between FSC-39 and FSC-48
 >  RS> compliant packets is important
 >
 > For sure but only if it doesn't muddy the waters of compatibilty.  There is
 > a big hole that exists that requires patching and I believe that is what
 > FSP-1042 draft 7 attempts to fill.

The FSP-1042 draft definitely seems to focus on the FSC-48 packet extensions (this is the document that introduced the term "Type 2+") and just skips over FSC-39 (what I've coined "Type 2e").
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