Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!rick
From: rick@uunet.UU.NET (Rick Adams)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Patch dates or Patch Numbers
Message-ID: <64033@uunet.UU.NET>
Date: 17 Aug 89 21:28:59 GMT
References: <1989Aug9.164003.20669@utzoo.uucp> <6717@dayton.UUCP> <1989Aug17.171000.23302@utzoo.uucp>
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In article <1989Aug17.171000.23302@utzoo.uucp>, henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes:
> Particularly for the news transport subsystem, where specs are quite solidly
> fixed by backward-compatibility constraints, we see no fundamental reason

No matter what one thinks of Cnews, it is is not backward-compatible.

Cnews is another transport system (just like notes is). it may be
better or worse, but it clearly paid no attention to backwards
compatibility.