[NNTP] Consistency in replies to 420 in RFC 3977
Julien ÉLIE <[email protected]> Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:47:49 +0100
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Following a discussion with Alfred H=F6nes, who reported: > Appendix C, on page 119, says: >=20 > Response code 412 > Generated by: ARTICLE, BODY, GROUP, HDR, HEAD, LAST, LISTGROUP, > NEXT, OVER, STAT > Meaning: no newsgroup selected. >=20 > Response code 420 > Generated by: ARTICLE, BODY, HDR, HEAD, LAST, NEXT, OVER, STAT > Meaning: current article number is invalid. >=20 > Please be aware of the different wording used: > "no newsgroup selected" vs. "current article number is invalid" >=20 > These two phrases, respectively, are used in a totally consistent way, > throughout the RFC, in the specification of possible command responses > when it comes to referring to these two response codes. > > The text, "no newsgroup selected", also appears in all examples > where response code 412 is returned by the server. >=20 > Interestingly enough, all examples in the RFC where the response > code 420 is returned by the server consistently do *not* use the > above quoted phrase from Appendix C, but instead say: >=20 > [S] 420 No current article selected Well seen :-) Yet, the comment after the response code is only informative. A news server can put anything it wants. Even nothing. I bet the wording "no current article selected" is more user-friendly than "current article number is invalid". The meaning in Appendix C can be worded differently. I do not see a problem here. No need for an erratum. The question could of course be risen if RFC 3977 is moved to Draft Standard. To the working group: Where nits like these one should be kept for future reference? (Errata?) --=20 Julien =C9LIE =AB La science consiste =E0 passer d'un =E9tonnement =E0 l'autre. =BB (Aristote)