Re: Is the chemical media type still used?
Le Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 04:59:18AM +0200, Daniel Leidert a écrit :
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> IMHO it would be more important to determine, how users that need those
> MIME types in /etc/mime.types get it there. Having a system that would
> allow users to e.g. install chemical-mime-info and having that package
> drop the additional definitions so /etc/mime.types picks them up, would
> solve your issue. Then users that really need them, can install them
> and have to care about the clashes. Other users would not be affected.
Hi Daniel and everybody,
indeed, fewer and fewer users even need /etc/mime.types at all. And the
alternative systems such as `file` and shared-mime-info are not as strict as I
am in terms of sticking to the IANA's decladed media types.
I will not remove the existing chemical media types from /etc/mime.types so
hopefully we will not need a system to support optional additions.
I read the archived discussion from 1995 at
https://www.mhonarc.org/archive/html/ietf-822/1995-05/msg00047.html and I think
that some of the arguments can be reverted now. In 1995 it was said that
creating a new top-level media type was extra work not worth the effort, as
applications/* types can be vendor-agnostic, but in 2025, one can also argue
that removing the chemical top-level media type is not worth the effort, and
that it may be good to officialise it.
If somebody wants to lead I am happy to support.
Have a nice day,
Charles
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