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[tech] File extension options

Mansfield mansfield at ondollo.com

Thu Jan 21 05:28:57 GMT 2021

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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 supportone 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 stronglyencouraged to support one or both of these options instead of adding a newone 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 meeither 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. Nological argument here. Just looking for some background and trying to get afeel for how horrible a person I'd be if I went with gem.

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