[dcc2] Clarification of DCC2 status

[Justin Hammond]

On Sun, 2004-05-09 at 12:54, codemstr at ptdprolog.net wrote:
> I think someone needs to clarify to everyone in the IRC community exactly 
> where DCC2 stands. I don't know how many people have already been calling on 
> client developers to implement DCC2. But, as anyone who is paying attention 
> knows, the draft is not at all complete! Your announcement of DCC2 may have 
> served as a double edged sword. It got the word out, but it got the wrong 
> word out. For example, a post on the mirc.com message board states, "are 
> there any plans to implement the new dcc2 standard..." People (IRC users in 
> particular) seem to think that DCC2 is finalized (keyword being 'standard'), 
> and therefore should be added. But, as you know, an IETF draft is far from 
> being considered a standard document. 
> 


While its not finalized, I think it would be good to at least try to get
a "sample" implementation done to check for any real life issues. Maybe
something in Perl, or Mirc Script (if possible)/ DLL

Of course though, a "Sample" implementation might be hard to accommodate
all the "features" (compression/encryption etc) but at least it would
give us a indication we are on the right track.
I'd be willing to work on something for Xchat, but do we have any
"windows" coders out there?