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On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 20:44:13 -0500 Dan Meltzer |
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<parallelgrapefruit@×××××.com> wrote: |
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| >``Content-Type:`` |
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| > Must be ``text/plain``. Mandatory. |
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| Why have this header at all then? |
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Forwards compatibility. |
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| > ``Posted:`` |
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| > Date of posting, in ``dd-mmm-yyyy`` format (e.g. 14-Aug-2001). |
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| > UTC time in ``hh-mm-ss +0000`` format may also be included. This |
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| > field is mandatory. |
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| How will prescendse be handled if two have the same date, and one has |
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| a time and the other doesn't? |
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Every existing client just sorts by filename... Multiple news items in |
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a day which require specific ordering is not exactly likely... |
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Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Anti-XML, anti-newbie conspiracy) |
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Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org |
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Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm |
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