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mbays mbays at sdf.org
Sun Sep 12 16:34:03 BST 2021
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On Fri, 2021-09-10, mbays wrote:
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/link? Enter your input
So in order for a CGI script to do what you suggest:
* Doesn't break clients who ignore the convention, as long as the
server returns 10 to a request with empty query.
it would have to return 10 in response to both "/link" and "/link?",
which is not something we can expect everyone to do.
Yes. So the problem is that people might create links using this convention without first checking that the target does return 10 on empty query, breaking compatibility with clients not following the convention.
I think I agree that this is enough of a problem to make the convention a Bad Idea. Shame!
It could still make sense as part of the gemini spec itself, but I'm not going to suggest that.-------------- next part --------------A non-text attachment was scrubbed...Name: signature.ascType: application/pgp-signatureSize: 195 bytesDesc: not availableURL: <https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/attachments/20210912/66887bd4/attachment.sig>