Subj : Re: callip.nl
To   : Stas Mishchenkov
From : Nodelist Police Commissioner
Date : Sun Feb 06 2022 17:19:16

Hello Stas,

On 2022-02-06 16:54:02, you wrote to me:

 NPC>>>> The last (-u=n) should be the default!

 SM>>> I think otherwise. Strictly speaking, with such a wide range of
 SM>>> configurability, the default value can be any convenient for the
 SM>>> author. ;)

 NPC>> If you want to do it like spyware does it... :-(

 SM> Well, why immediately "like spayware"? The code is open and there are
 SM> several ways to disable this action? On the other hand, if the user does
 SM> not have the latest version, it seems reasonable to me to warn him about
 SM> this at the first start. Am I right?

It seems reasonable. And now the user has the option to put 'update no' or use the -u=n option, so it's ok...

 SM>>> What do you mean?
 SM>>> Do you consider it necessary to be able to disable the sending of
 SM>>> this information? It seems to me that such an insignificant saving of
 SM>>> traffic can only cause annoyance of the called sysop with the
 SM>>> anonymous call.

 NPC>> I don't consider it necessary. But you could leave it up to the user
 NPC>> of the script, to send this information or not?

 SM> I'll think about this option. Although, I don't want some particularly
 SM> irritable sysops to accuse me of making anonymous calls. ;)

You are not responsible for what the users of the script do with it!
They could even change the script if they wanted to, to not send these...

 NPC>> Requests:

 NPC>> I would like to specify something like below in the config file:

 NPC>> nodelist /home/fido/nodelist/NODELIST.*
 NPC>> So I don't have to change the config file every time there is a
 NPC>> nodelist update.

 SM> Yes. This is a useful and convenient feature. I will definitely implement
 SM> this.

Great!

 NPC>> Also, flags, should be something like:
 NPC>> # busy flags dir name.
 NPC>> flags /home/fido/outbound 2

 NPC>> Like the domain line in binkd.conf. So it automatically uses the
 NPC>> right outbound[.XXX] directory where binkd also does this.

 SM> It seems to me that it is risky to tell to this script the path to the
 SM> actual outbound. It is much safer not to specify your known AKA in the
 SM> script settings, but to use something like 2:460/58.1, i.e. an address with
 SM> which definitely cannot be the session at the current moment. I need to
 SM> remember to write it in HELP.

Good point!

 NPC>>  Otherwise 'flags' is not useful for fidonet...

 SM> They were not intended to be used with Fidonet mailers. These are
 SM> exclusively internal flags that allow the script not to call the same
 SM> system in different threads. Moreover, they have their own format, somewhat
 SM> similar to ASO.

Ok understood!

Regards, NPC.

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