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. _______________________________________________ Gopher-Project mailing list Gopher-Project@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gopher-project Thread start (DIR) [gopher] Hello, world! (DIR) Followup: Re: [gopher] Hello, world! (DIR) Followup: Re: [gopher] Hello, world!