[gopher] Which itemtype for video (vote)?

Jeff W simple at sdf.org
Sat May 19 23:56:28 UTC 2012


Nick Matavka <n.theodore.matavka.files at gmail.com> wrote:

> Gentlemen and ladies:
> It has come to my attention that the choice of item-type for video is
> somewhat controversial.  The existing, but somewhat awkward, choice is
> ';' (semicolon), which is my own preference, but there are some who
> have floated the idea of it being changed to 'v' (lowercase vee).  The
> sole reason I prefer the semicolon is that it is the (unofficially)
> established standard.  If the selector were changed, admins would have
> to update their sites to accomplish the change, and some Gopher sites
> are... shall we say... updated once in a bit over a millennium.
> Furthermore, clients would have to be reprogrammed to accept the 'v'
> selector as video.
>
> vee: 0
> semicolon: 1

Simple votes:

"v" for video: 1
vague control character-looking semi-colon: 0

Alternately, I'm fine with lumping all the binaries under "9"

Civic duty - done.



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