Subj : RE: Info Pack
To   : Mike Powell
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Wed Aug 30 2023 18:57:42

On 8/30/2023 7:40 AM, Mike Powell wrote to Barry Martin:

-> >  MD> I know that there is no weekly infopack or nodelist sent out.  I
-> >  MD> would be happy to assist with this, if you wish.  My last one was
-> >  MD> in 2018.
-> 
-> > Let me get back to you on that -- seems to have been a reason why we
-> > discontinued but not enough coffee in my system to remember.
-> 
-> It might have gone something like "some sysops want a weekly nodelist, but
-> there is no reason to update a nodelist that has not had any updates."
-> 
-> I am on another network where this issue came up. We get a weekly nodelist
-> but it often doesn't change week-to-week which was causing some sysops with
-> automated nodelist processing to run into issues... their processor would
-> burp on the "new" old nodelist, and they expected the net coordinator to
-> figure out the issue.
-> 
-> Mike

When I hatch a new one each week for HobbyNet, I have the option to have your system 
delete the old one when the replacement arrives.

Sometimes, the new nodelist is not the addition of a new node, but the deletion of a 
node that is down for some reason.

More than likely, I will be removing one on Friday morning that hasn't been active for 
about 3 months or so.  It's just nice to be able to have a current list, but certainly not a 
requirement.

Mike Dippel
 
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