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Re: FAQ: Project Gemini (minor edits)

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From: Winston <wbe@UBEBLOCK.psr.com.invalid>

Subject: Re: FAQ: Project Gemini (minor edits)

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 18:14:21 -0400

Message-ID: <ydilxjbfia.fsf@UBEblock.psr.com>

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This followup suggests formatting fixes to the FAQ text.

[Yes, I saw that one can also use git to obtain the original and that

there's then a way to submit changes, but I don't feel like doing all

that at the moment...]

In section 2.8, the second paragraph is missing several sentence-ending

periods and is missing a paragraph break before 2.9:

Original:

There are bindings to TLS libraries available for almost every programming
language under the sun Many developers are already at least partially familiar
with TLS and therefore don't need to learn anything new to implement Gemini
Most users are already trusting TLS to secure their web browsing and email,
and therefore don't need to decide whether or not they want to trust some
unfamiliar technology to start using Gemini TLS is a deeply entrenched
industry standard, whose definition and implementations will both continue to
be scrutinised and improved by security experts for the foreseeable future,
and that work will happen for reasons entirely unrelated to Gemini - it makes
a lot of sense for a small project to "freeride" like this. 2.9 Why didn't you
just use Markdown instead of defining text/gemini? The text/gemini markup
borrows heavily from Markdown, which might prompt some people to wonder "Why
not just use Markdown as the default media type for Gemini? Sure, it's
complicated to implement, but like TLS there are plenty of libraries available
in all the major languages". Reasons not to go down this route include:

Suggested:

There are bindings to TLS libraries available for almost every programming

language under the sun. Many developers are already at least partially familiar

with TLS and therefore don't need to learn anything new to implement Gemini.

Most users are already trusting TLS to secure their web browsing and email,

and therefore don't need to decide whether or not they want to trust some

unfamiliar technology to start using Gemini. TLS is a deeply entrenched

industry standard, whose definition and implementations will both continue to

be scrutinised and improved by security experts for the foreseeable future,

and that work will happen for reasons entirely unrelated to Gemini - it makes

a lot of sense for a small project to "freeride" like this.

2.9 Why didn't you just use Markdown instead of defining text/gemini?

The text/gemini markup borrows heavily from Markdown, which might prompt

some people to wonder "Why not just use Markdown as the default media

type for Gemini? Sure, it's complicated to implement, but like TLS there

are plenty of libraries available in all the major languages". Reasons

not to go down this route include:

Original section 3 header:

3. Getting started in Geminispace 3.1 I'm curious about Geminispace, how can I

Suggest adding a paragraph break:

3. Getting started in Geminispace

3.1 I'm curious about Geminispace, how can I [...]

Original section 4 header:

4. Contributing to the Gemini project 4.1 I like the sound of the Gemini

Suggest adding a paragraph break:

4. Contributing to the Gemini project

4.1 I like the sound of the Gemini [...]

[END]

-WBE

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FAQ: Project Gemini (by Jason Evans <jsevans@mailfence.com> on Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:37:07 -0000 (UTC))

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Re: FAQ: Project Gemini (minor edits) (by Winston <wbe@UBEBLOCK.psr.com.invalid> on Fri, 03 Dec 2021 13:12:54 -0500)