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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