Subj : Re: 2021 FTSC Standing Member Election -
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Rob Swindell
Date : Fri Feb 12 2021 04:28 pm

  Re: Re: 2021 FTSC Standing Member Election -
  By: Wilfred van Velzen to Oli on Fri Feb 12 2021 03:19 pm

 > Hi Oli,
 >
 > On 2021-02-12 14:50:41, you wrote to Nick Andre:
 >
 >  Ol> Why is the FTSC unable to publish an FTS for the packet format(s) in
 >  Ol> use for decades?
 >
 > A couple of years back there was someone who put together a document
 > describing the different pkt formats in use. It was discussed here, but I
 > don't know what happend to it, because the name it was given:
 >
 >   Publication:    FSP-1040 draft 3
 >   Revision:       1
 >   Title:          Packet Type 2 Compatible Formats
 >   Author:         Stephen Hurd 1:103/1
 >   Date:           2016-02-11

Multiple drafts were rejected for reasons the author didn't agree with (e.g. draft spec had to be submitted by splitting the text among multiple echomail messages, per stone-age FTSC submission requirements). So he gave up the effort and the FTSC discarded a rare high-quality technical contribution. Or at least, that's my recollection.
https://nix.synchro.net/msgs/msg.ssjs?msg_sub=fidoftscpub&message=7380

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