Date: Tue, 19 Oct 93 19:22:20 -0700
From: marca@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Marc Andreessen)
Message-Id: <9310200222.AA01445@wintermute.ncsa.uiuc.edu>
To: mitra@path.net (Mitra)
Subject: Final edits - summary of outstanding points.
In-Reply-To: <CF5q2p.nF@pandora.sf.ca.us>
Mitra writes:
> 9) Does the news URL need rewriting - I think the current spec is a
> URN, Tim (& Marc ?) think its fine.
I think there needs to be also group+article#, and the ability to
optionally specify the news server. (Due to user demands... I
understand the arguments against each of those, but I think they are
nevertheless necessary.)
> 10) Should the length field be removed from the wais definition.
> Everyone agrees its no longer needed. The question is whether to
> leave it in for backwards compatibility with WWW.
If it's going to be removed, let's do it *now*.
Cheers,
Marc