[INN] #4: Add encoding to checkgroups processing

[Russ Allbery]

Matija Nalis <mnalis-ml at voyager.hr> writes:
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 02:30:30PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:

>> I think there's some benefit to keeping it all together in the same
>> place.  I think the encodings are likely to also be something that
>> people will want to get from a reputable central source instead of
>> figuring out on their own, so it's easier if they can update
>> control.ctl instead of two files.
>
> I would agree there is benefit to keeping it all in one file, but I'm
> worried about the compatibility in that case - not just the older versions
> on inn (would they all tolerate it?) but perhaps there are other parsers
> which get the "master" and parse it for other news software ?
>
> Unless we're pretty sure it won't break compatibility, perhaps it would be
> wiser to keep it separate.

control.ctl has always allowed specification of rules for random other
control messages, and it used to be common to have rules for things like
sendsys and the like.  I would hope that any other software that parses it
would treat these lines like rules for unknown control messages and not
get overly upset.

It's possible that I'm too optimistic, though.

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