[gopher] Re: Gopherness

["Jay Nemrow" <jnemrow@quix.us>]

So, what is your vote, Avery?  Break old clients or not?

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Avery M. <averym@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think the Gopher network would benefit from balkanization at
> this late stage.
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> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Jay Nemrow <jnemrow@quix.us> wrote:
>> I would also be a bit concerned about backward-compatibility (as I
>> always am).  When we talk about changes like this, I suggest we call
>> the protocol created with modern changes something besides just
>> "Gopher".  Perhaps Goph08 or something like that.  Then you could say,
>> "hey, I run a Goph08 server" or "my client is both Gopher and Goph08
>> compatible."
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