From: "Gopher-Project" <gopher-project-bounces+rachael=telefisk.org@lists.alioth.debian.org>
       Date: Tue Dec 30 18:16:05 2014
       Subject: Re: [gopher] Hello, world!
       
       On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 6:36 PM, James Mills
       <prologic@shortcircuit.net.au> wrote:
       >
       > On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Nick Matavka
       > <n.theodore.matavka.files@gmail.com> wrote:
       >>
       >> Hello, world!
       >
       >
       > Hello Nick!
       >
       >
       >>
       >> Many years ago, I collaborated with several people (I have forgotten all
       >> their names, but one of the contributors writes under the name Barana) on
       >> this mailing list about the future of Gopher.  I eventually took the
       >> initiative in creating a rough draft for a new Gopher RFC, and invited
       >> comment, but no consensus was reached.  I believe that all the new features
       >> Gopher has *mandate* an RFC; Gopher+, caps files, etc etc etc.
       >>
       >> I now believe that consensus *can* be established and therefore I
       >> re-submit the same link.  Please edit it and comment to the best of your
       >> ability.  I hope to actually submit this in the near future.
       >>
       >> http://piratepad.net/gopher
       >
       >
       > I haven't quite read through this thoroughly yet. (Also I'm brand spanking
       > new go Gopher!)
       >
       > Couple of questions:
       >
       > Is this a combination of the old Gopher protocol with
       > inclusion of some of the GOpher+ ideas?
       See the "Goals" section of the document for details, but it's
       primarily intended to codify current practices and ad-hoc standards.
       If it's not currently in common use, it doesn't belong in the
       standard. For example, it covers:
       * Several gophertypes not in the original RFC, including the
       ubiquitous 'i' type.
       * caps.txt and robots.txt files
       * What clients and servers should do with the trailing fullstop on
       menus and other text types (this still has some holes, I think--edits
       welcome!)
       * URL: selectors
       * And more!
       
       It is *not* intended to add even more features, unless they are
       already in common use.
       
       -- 
       The views expressed above are exclusively mine, if anyone's.
       
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