[gopher] Re: PyGopherd and Gopher+

[Benn Newman <newmanbe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 01:55:34AM +0300, R.A.Pavlov wrote:
> I would also add encoding for text files and directory listings. Current
> servers and clients have so much bugs with Cyrillic and 8-bit chars in
> general.
See page twelve of RFC 1436, eight-bit encodings are allowed.
> > 2)  I think new itemtypes should be reserved for file and text uploads.   
> > The type of upload allowed could be defined in a new tabspace, 0 for  
> > textfiles, 4 for binhex, 5 for DOS binary, you get the idea.  I'm  
> > envisioning things like ftp gateways and bulletin board systems.
I think new item types should be used when the existing ones do not provide the 
required functionilty.
For example, 9 takes care of everything.

I would want new item types when you want the behavior of the client to change,
like a search index (item type 7) to be returned as a plain text file (item 
type 0).
I remember seeing that in the source for Squid iirc or something. I guess
upload would qualify as making the client do something special

And are file upload really Gopher? :)


> gopher://www.polarhome.com:27070/0/guestbook
Your Gopher at polarhome.com is finally working again!
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