On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 11:57 PM Sean Conner <sean at conman.org> wrote: > It was thus said that the Great Mansfield once stated: > > This time it's a short question that I can't find an answer to. > > > > Why not use '.gem' as the file extension? Why the encouragement to > support > > one or both of gmi / gemini instead of adding a new one? > > > > What I was able to find was, "Current Gemini servers seem to use .gmi or > > .gemini extensions for this purpose, and new servers are strongly > > encouraged to support one or both of these options instead of adding a > new > > one to the mix." (from gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/best-practices.gmi) > > > > To be clear: You won't get any argument from me. The only thing swaying > me > > either way is, to me, '.gem' feels cooler. I'd *really* love to use > that... > > I'd feel... almost sad to use gmi... and gemini is annoyingly long. So. > No > > logical argument here. Just looking for some background and trying to > get a > > feel for how horrible a person I'd be if I went with gem. > > > > Thoughts? > > Go for it. Just make sure the server you use can be configured to use > .gem as the extension. Clients don't care about extensions because the > MIME > type is returned. > > -spc > Good to hear that it's acceptable. I hadn't thought of making it configurable - I'll add that to the TODO list. Thanks! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/attachments/20210124/8842 d1aa/attachment.htm>
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