[dcc2] Clarification of DCC2 status

[Phoenix Fyrestar]

while I can't say for sure without having read the actual post, it could have 
also been interpreted as "when the standard has been finalized are there any 
plans to impliment it".

While mIRC is a different case because of it's closed source nature, a large 
percentage of the few people who use and help develop my client have asked 
similar questions, mainly because they want to stick with a client which has 
the intention of supporting the new standard.

Even if there is nothing final to really impliment yet, it's never too early 
to begin making sure that the code will easily enable the features to be 
added once they are standardized.

On Saturday 08 May 2004 11:54 pm, 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.
>
> Basically, I just think it needs to be made clear to everyone, that, you
> most likely should not be implementing DCC2 at this time, because by the
> time you finish writing the code, half of it might need to be changed.
>
> -- codemastr
>
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