[dcc2] Clarification of DCC2 status

[Craig Edwards]

i might have time to try something in winbot. however im more interested in ssl-based chat facilities offered by dcc2-chats so im waiting until this is finalized rather than file sending capabilities. So far, everyones only concentrated on multi-sends, which is all well and good if youre into file trading but not much good for anyone else :)

>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. 
>> 
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>
>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?
>
>
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