Re: GNKSA and Gnus

[Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>]

John Moreno <phenix@interpath.com> writes:

> All of the 'Soft' requirement are features which while considered very
> good and useful and guides the user into correct behavior, may not be
> appropriate for all users or newsreaders.  For instance if most of your
> time on the net was spent in alt.fan.warlord this wouldn't be a very
> good feature for you.

I've been thinking this over, and I believe the reason why I was objecting
to this before was largely due to a misconception of the point of Soft
features.  It's one that would seem to be cleared up by adding another
level; there are many Soft features that I would consider to be
appropriate in all circumstances, and then there are many that I think
should be decidedly optional and which some newsreaders would have no
interest whatsoever in implementing (for legitimate reasons).

Making that division more apparent may be helpful.

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Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)         <URL:http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>