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[spec] Will Gemini ever become a standardized protocol?

Stephane Bortzmeyer stephane at sources.org

Sat Mar 27 08:49:08 GMT 2021

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On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 05:30:43PM -0700, Bradley D. Thornton <Bradley at NorthTech.US> wrote a message of 63 lines which said:

Indeed, many projects may hesitate to include Gemini patches if

the scheme is not a registered one.

I think that's pretty much a non-issue, already, TLS support for

gopher is included in curl, so the notion that Gemini needs some

special hat tip from a large body is a weak argument IMO:

That's a very strange argument, since Gopher scheme *is* registered:

https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes/uri-schemes.xml

These "projects", weigh the intrinsic value of a protocol being

included on meritious points, rather than being favored by a

kingship. Does it add value to Unices? Does it merit support on its

own... etc. And, of course, do you have any friends with commit

privleges or influence? That always helps lol.

The curl maintainer told us he hesitated to merge Gemini patches sincethe scheme is not registered but, certainly, you know how curl worksbetter than its maintainer.