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Issue created Aug 28, 2020 by Michael J. Ryan@tracker1Developer

Synchronet Version 4 (Meta List)

Version 4 would introduce things I'd like to do, but hestitate due to backward compatibility (v2 & v3):

  • Eliminate binary configuration files (.cnf) in favor of .ini.
  • Eliminate .cfg files in favor of .ini.
  • Eliminate the sub-board ptridx nightmare.
  • Eliminate the node configuration files.
  • Allow integration of newslink.cfg, listserver.ini, etc (areas.bbs?) with subs.ini (or whatever).
  • Rename sbbs.ini to startup.ini supporting custom versions using hostname syntax only.
  • Eliminate many binary data (.dab) files in favor of text (csv, tab, or ini).
  • Replace user.dat with user.tab:
    • Problems with current format: field lengths, no end-of-record marker,
    • no end-of-field marker for full-length fields
    • Use a fixed-field/record length, tab-delimited, line base format which would
    • import directly into databases/spreadsheets (e.g. Excel), allow for pretty
    • easy extensibility. Maybe variable field lengths (not as pretty) with padding
    • at end of line to generate fixed record length.
  • Eliminate SMB .sch (CRC history) files (redundant with new .hash file support).
  • Create data/subs/.ini file to store all application-specific per-sub data (like import/export pointers for SBBSecho, newslink, etc.).
  • Use SMB for file databases.
  • Replace hard-coded file area functions (e.g. file listings, etc.) with JS modules.
  • Replace message (subs/mail) reading functions with JS module.
  • (possibly) remove Baja support (only if there's a really good reason).
  • Create a stand alone event thread (not part of telnet/rlogin server), with separate, per host (not node) configuration.
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