[gopher] Updated Gopher RFC
David Griffith
dave at 661.org
Tue May 8 21:55:01 UTC 2012
On Tue, 8 May 2012, wesleyteal at gmail.com wrote:
> On May 8, 2012, at 11:22 AM, Damien Carol <damien.carol at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's my proposal : to have generic types :
[snip]
> My problem with using 'V' for ';' and other switches is that although they
> may be more intuitive they also will require altering clients to resupport
> extensions they already support for no particular reason. I think ';' is a
> dumb designation but it already works. I see no reason to make Cameron
> recode the various versions of Overbite or to have the Lynx folks change
> their browser because we chose to break with established practice on a whim.
If it seems like there will be some changes anyhow, it wouldn't hurt to go
ahead and use 'V'.
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David Griffith
dave at 661.org
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