# HG changeset patch
# User bears
# Date 1043753938 0
# Node ID b1d5c55b76f69d31943b8e9e9a42c2689908918e
# Parent  bf200dccbce59daa2262af044dcb29d9a71c5905
[svn] * Add TODO item 'retry lost connections'.

diff -r bf200dccbce5 -r b1d5c55b76f6 ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog	Sun Jan 12 17:05:49 2003 +0000
+++ b/ChangeLog	Tue Jan 28 11:38:58 2003 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Jan 28 2003 Jim Hague <jim.hague@acm.org>
+
+* TODO: Add 'retry lost connections' item.
+
 Sun Jan 12 2003 Jim Hague <jim.hague@acm.org>
 
 * src/authenticate.c: Extend news admins to all those in group news.
diff -r bf200dccbce5 -r b1d5c55b76f6 TODO
--- a/TODO	Sun Jan 12 17:05:49 2003 +0000
+++ b/TODO	Tue Jan 28 11:38:58 2003 +0000
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
 
  * Improve speed of online mode: Keep connection to server open for a while
 
+ * Automatically retry NNTP transactions that fail due to lost connection/
+   timeout up to a configurable threshold number of times before passing
+   the failure on. This to cope with servers with short timeouts on
+   networks with highly variable and significant latencies.
+
  * Check all in
    http://mars.superlink.net/user/tal/writings/news-software-authors.html
    (Use NOV library? Use inews for validating posted articles? ... )