Tim,
> I think it is time to open this up to discussion (Is Alan still
> listening?). Alan gave Al some patches for NDF and convert to allow NDF to
> read files via a URL. Does anyone know what state these patches are in and
> whether they can be committed without affecting other things?
Alan sent me some NDF URL stuff a day or two before he left. It's been
sitting in my inbox since then. I pushed it up my priority list today
after prompting from Malcolm, so I had a look at it and decided I didn't
really see why it was doing things the way it was. There was one change
which could easily have modified the "normal" behaviour of the NDF libary.
One question which could do with answering is where, and for how long,
has this modified NDF library been in use? Anyone know?
I presume someone else (Malcolm?) has the related patches for convert?
It would probably help me to see why the changes have been done as they
have if I could see the related convert scripts.
How urgent is the inclusion of these NDF mods?
David
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