From: Daniel Cormier <daniel.cormier@...>
Date: 2011-02-20T01:03:01+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:35315] Re: Patch to Net::InternetMessageIO

Since it's there and is being used (by net/smtp at least), shouldn't
it at least work properly until it's replaced?

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:59 AM, mathew <meta@pobox.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 23:41, Daniel Cormier <daniel.cormier@gmail.com> wrote:
>> It seems like waiting for BDAT support to be implemented before fixing
>> a bug with period escaping (which is already being done and will still
>> have to be done) for the DATA command is not the best experience for
>> ruby users. Would you agree?
>
> I just noticed that net/protocol.rb says
>
> # WARNING: This file is going to remove.
> # Do not rely on the implementation written in this file.
>
> So it seems like it was never intended to be production-ready in the
> first place, so I'm not sure why it got included in Ruby.
>
>
> mathew
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