Re: ISSUE 1583 status (was: Re: January: open issues on USEPRO)

Hi Russ,

>>> 1583 USEPRO LC 5.2.3: Checkgroups control messages
>>>    Open. There may be multiple issues here.
>>>    No discussion with "1583" in the subject.
>
> The first issue is that there's no method in the checkgroups syntax to
> delegate control over a newsgroup whose name matches the subhierarchy.  I
> think we agreed that, yes, this is the case, and there's nothing we can
> really do about it at this stage and while still remaining
> backwards-compatible.

Yet, checkgroups scope is new with USEPRO; it is not mentioned in RFC 1036
or its son.  So what is not backwards-compatible with it?
It is a new notion.  Unless I missed something?


> I'm a little worried about this provision,
> since after long periods of time and a change of hierarchy administration
> it can be potentially difficult to uncover the previous serial number.
> But I don't see a good alternative that preserves the serial number
> semantics.
>
> The fourth issue is whether there should be a mechanism to reset the
> serial number.  I think we decided that we weren't going to specify one.

A possibility would have been to do it in the headers of a new checkgroups
(specifying it resets the previous serial number).  This way, no missed
"reset article".

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Julien ÉLIE

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