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Ali Fardan raiz at stellarbound.space
Tue Nov 3 13:28:46 GMT 2020
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On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 13:11:16 +0100Björn Wärmedal <bjorn.warmedal at gmail.com> wrote:
I assume the majority of people who suggest a feature want "gemini +
X", but everyone has their own idea of what X is :) If everyone built
their own protocol instead, almost all of those would be doomed from
the get-go. To get traction a potential new protocol needs to be
appealing to as many as possible -- and the creator needs to *reach
out* to as many as possible at that!
I agree on the fact the if everyone rolled their own protocol it'll bea mess, however, the appeal of Gemini would fade away if it startsgrowing in terms of features, the way I see to grow the community ishosting more content in the gemspace and going forward with refiningthe spec to a final paper that is more precise and easier for newcomersto get a grasp on because the protocol has evolved along with thecurrent spec paper and stuff has been added that wasn't intended to bethere from the beginning.
It would be discouraging for people to have their implementations breakso often because the protocol is never stable and features getadded/removed with stuff changing all the time.
The way I see it, Gemini is complete, the only way going forward istidying up the spec and growing the gemspace with more content, and inthe meantime, Gemini implementations will mature and become moreappealing for newcomers.
Well, if all I want is gemini + X, then using protocol Y with its
bloat of features I *don't* need is less tempting than sending a
feature proposal to the gemini ML. And again, that's a good thing! It
means people are engaging and shaping the trajectory of their own
internet future. A rejected proposal is a hundred times better than
one that was never discussed for fear of ridicule or social
repercussions. The community is alive and vibrant :D
You wouldn't want to add revision control to Gemini, that's what Git isfor, just like you wouldn't add remote shell to Gemini because that'swhat SSH is for, this should apply to everything, use the right toolfor the right task.