INN commit: trunk/doc/pod (4 files)
INN Commit
rra at isc.org
Thu Dec 19 17:46:42 UTC 2013
Date: Thursday, December 19, 2013 @ 09:46:41
Author: iulius
Revision: 9588
mention innduct as a possible replacement for innfeed, innxmit and nntpsend
Modified:
trunk/doc/pod/innfeed.pod
trunk/doc/pod/innxmit.pod
trunk/doc/pod/nntpsend.pod
trunk/doc/pod/readme.pod
--------------+
innfeed.pod | 12 ++++++++++++
innxmit.pod | 3 +++
nntpsend.pod | 3 +++
readme.pod | 10 ++++++++++
4 files changed, 28 insertions(+)
Modified: innfeed.pod
===================================================================
--- innfeed.pod 2013-12-14 20:10:48 UTC (rev 9587)
+++ innfeed.pod 2013-12-19 17:46:41 UTC (rev 9588)
@@ -438,6 +438,18 @@
Probably too many other bugs to count.
+=head1 ALTERNATIVE
+
+An alternative to B<innfeed> can be
+B<innduct>, maintained by Ian Jackson and available at
+L<http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ian/git-manpage/innduct.git/innduct.8>.
+It is intended to solve a design issue in the way B<innfeed> works.
+As a matter of fact, the program feed protocol spoken between B<innd>
+and B<innfeed> is lossy: if B<innfeed> dies unexpectedly, articles
+which B<innd> has written to the pipe to B<innfeed> will be skipped.
+B<innd> has no way of telling which articles those are, no useful
+records, and no attempts to resend these articles.
+
=head1 FILES
=over 4
Modified: innxmit.pod
===================================================================
--- innxmit.pod 2013-12-14 20:10:48 UTC (rev 9587)
+++ innxmit.pod 2013-12-19 17:46:41 UTC (rev 9588)
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
the batch file to contain the current article and any other unsent
articles.
+An alternative to B<innxmit> can be B<innduct>, mentioned in the
+innfeed(8) man page.
+
=head1 OPTIONS
=over 4
Modified: nntpsend.pod
===================================================================
--- nntpsend.pod 2013-12-14 20:10:48 UTC (rev 9587)
+++ nntpsend.pod 2013-12-19 17:46:41 UTC (rev 9588)
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
flags for that site. Any flags given on the command line override the
default flags for the site.
+An alternative to B<nntpsend> can be B<innduct>, mentioned in the
+innfeed(8) man page.
+
=head1 OPTIONS
=over 2
Modified: readme.pod
===================================================================
--- readme.pod 2013-12-14 20:10:48 UTC (rev 9587)
+++ readme.pod 2013-12-19 17:46:41 UTC (rev 9588)
@@ -244,6 +244,16 @@
time. It's useful when feeding peers take limited and very specific
feeds that change periodically.
+=item innduct
+
+URL: L<http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ian/git-manpage/innduct.git/innduct.8> (maintained by Ian Jackson)
+
+A possible replacement for B<innfeed>, B<innxmit> and B<nntpsend>
+that quickly and reliably streams Usenet article to a remote site.
+B<innduct> is designed to be robust and not to lose any articles (when
+offered to peers) in case it unexpectedly dies, contrary to B<innfeed>.
+It also permits a realtime feed, contrary to B<innxmit> or B<nntpsend>.
+
=item NewsPortal
URL: L<http://amrhein.eu/newsportal/doc/>
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