[gopher] Re: meta: item types, etc.
There is only 1 Gopher Server program for Windows Platforms. It is NOT Gopher +. Once someone writes an alternative Windows Gopher Server that IS Gopher +, this might be a possiblility.
Note: Gopher + is only a --PROPOSED-- extension to Gopher. It may NOT be the best proposal, especially when considering the cabalilities of modern personal computers.
--- On Sat, 7/5/08, Roman Pavlov <webmaster@ankylym.ru> wrote:
From: Roman Pavlov <webmaster@ankylym.ru>
Subject: [gopher] Re: meta: item types, etc.
To: gopher@complete.org
Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008, 8:04 AM
Maybe just using gopher+ VIEWS feature would help? Implementing just a
subset of gopher+ in clients and servers shouldn't be very hard and
wouldn't probably cause much protest from gopher+ critics.
Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> I've been having back-channel discussions with gopher wranglers who
note that
> the item types they have selected for their content, while working in
Mozilla
> due to content sniffing, don't work in Overbite which rigidly enforces
its
> particular internal set (all others being seen as
application/octet-stream).
>
> Although I made some token expansion with the p and d item types, at some
> point there is going to need to be an expanded and formalized item type
and
> MIME type mapping list maintained by a central authority or this problem
is
> going to come up again. I think it is especially important now given that
> there are others looking at creating their own particular clients, since
it
> would be very confusing for users to have clashing item types between
apps.
>
> This is something I don't mind being a point person and clearinghouse
for,
> but that aside, a formalized process for this needs to be devised.
>
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