Subj : Record length
To   : Kees van Eeten
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Fri Jul 27 2018 01:25:02

Hello Kees,

On Wednesday February 12 2014 13:57, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> Here we should discuss the technical issues with regard to makenl.
 MvdV>> FTSC complience is a technical issue.

 KE>  The technical requirement is born out of documenting the the
 KE> processes in Fidonet.

The 1024 line limit first showed up in FTS-5000.002 dated Jan 2005. IIRC it was 
a compromise between the "unlimited" faction and those not wanting to saddle 
the programmers with the burden of "infinite" record length. While larger than 
"current practise", 1024 was considered "large enough for anybody".

 KE>  One of wich is showing off vanity in the nodelist.

I fought that battle in the past and lost. I don't want to raise the issue 
again, it would be an exercise in futility. The nodelist is shrinking, memory 
gets cheaper, processing power is manyfold it used to be. I have no new 
arguments end whatever arguments I had then, have lost their strength.

 KE>  Indeed and they may have more to worry about.

So let THEM worry about it.

 KE>  Just for the record:
 KE>  The limit for a nodelist line in the Ifmail package is 256.
 KE>  in Golded package, I have found it to be 512.
 KE>  For MBSEbbs the nodelist line lenght is set to 1024.

 KE>  These packages are however still maintained, so ugrades can
 KE>  be made available any time.

I don't see the above as an argument against raising the max for MakeNl to 
1024.


Cheers, Michiel

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