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solderpunk solderpunk at SDF.ORG

Sat Jul 4 23:14:37 BST 2020

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On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 09:59:23PM +0000, Phil Leblanc wrote:

On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 9:33 PM solderpunk <solderpunk at sdf.org> wrote:
A longer URL doesn't prevent at all exploring / implementing the
uploading by hosting approach. It only addresses some use cases where
the existing input mechanism can be used as-is (e.g. comments, small
document updates).
It is _not_ a modification in any way of the Gemini protocol - Just a
different size limit.

Sure, I get all that, didn't mean to imply otherwise.

Just doing "my thing" of urging people to think hard about and perhapseven actually implement and test solutions to problems which don'tinvolve extension/modification in preference to those which do...

Cheers,Solderpunk