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Mercury

William Casarin jb55 at jb55.com

Tue Jun 23 17:04:17 BST 2020

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Hey Phil,

Phil Leblanc <philanc at gmail.com> writes:

Hi all,

I have very recently discovered Gemini, so I am late at the party, but

very excited by the Gemini concept and philosophy.

At the same time, I am a bit disappointed by the mandatory use of TLS

in the protocol. It seems _so_ at odds with the overall philosophy and

simplicity of Gemini... But I _do_ understand that there is momentum

behind TLS usage.

same and agreed

Looking for discussion about this TLS issue, I found in a message by

Petite Abeille [1] a link to the Mercury document [2] by Solderpunk.

I don't know when it was published and couldn't find a discussion

about Mercury (i.e. Gemini without TLS)

What I would like to know:

* is the Mercury document an old document that has been already

discussed and the concept discarded? (any link to the discussion?)

If you search the geminiverse for mercury you'll see a few comments. Ifound that there were mostly negative responses toward Mercury, but thenagain it's a pretty small sample size.

* is the concept still "alive"? is the document still "open for comments"?

I don't see why there couldn't be another ecosystem around mercury. Ipicture clients eventually supporting a suite of protocols, such asgopher, mercury and gemini all at once.

* are there Gemininauts interested in Mercury?

very much so, TLS is the only thing holding me back from publishingcontent on Gemini. Mercury is something I was hoping more people wouldpick up interest in.

* are there clients and servers targeting both Gemini and Mercury?

(i.e. the Gemini concept with and without TLS)

I haven't seen any but would love that idea!

Cheers,Will