On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, Chuck Wolber wrote: > > Agreed. We can just assign the numbers on First Come - First Served > > basis just before sending the announcements, right? > > Well that plan sure does scream "race condition"... Yep! But it's a controlled race condition :) > and I'm sure as heck > not going to volunteer to "hand out" numbers upon request... The point would be that if the announcements are all sent (and signed) by one person, or a small group of persons, the ID number could be left empty until just a moment before the announcement is sent (and stored). No race condition then, except within the head of the one person (or a small group of persons). But if the assumption is that whoever did the backport would sent the announcement him/herself (IMHO, this sounds a bit problematic), this would obviously not work.. -- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
