Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #4168: invalid news URL https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/4168 <p> Location: <a href="http://www.boost.org/community/groups.html#users">Boost Users mailing list</a> </p> <p> Is: <a class="ext-link" href="news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.user"><span class="icon">​</span>news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.user</a> </p> <p> Should be: nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.user </p> <p> Reason: Quoting <a class="ext-link" href="http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5538.txt#section=2.2"><span class="icon">​</span>The '''news''' and '''nntp''' URI Schemes</a>: </p> <blockquote> <p> The <strong>news</strong> URI scheme also allows the identification of newsgroups or sets of newsgroups <em>independent of a specific server</em>. </p> </blockquote> en-us Boost C++ Libraries /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/4168 Trac 1.4.3 Daniel James Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:45:29 GMT owner, status changed https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/4168#comment:1 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/4168#comment:1 <ul> <li><strong>owner</strong> changed from <span class="trac-author">René Rivera</span> to <span class="trac-author">Daniel James</span> </li> <li><strong>status</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">new</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">assigned</span> </li> </ul> Ticket Daniel James Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:07:02 GMT status changed; resolution set https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/4168#comment:2 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/4168#comment:2 <ul> <li><strong>status</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">assigned</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">closed</span> </li> <li><strong>resolution</strong> → <span class="trac-field-new">invalid</span> </li> </ul> <p> Actually, reading through the RFC, the current form is fine. There's an example showing both usages at the end of section 3, where it also claims that <code>news:</code> has wider support. </p> Ticket