Petite Abeille commented on issue #1 at Gemini Specification / Protocol

Petite Abeille
2021-03-03T23:02:16Z

Nothing is supported 'out-of-the-box'. Even the go library gets URL parsing wrong.

In any case, at the end of the day, this entire endeavor -the Gemini protocol- is meant to make a difference, not to perpetuate the status quo ante. Otherwise we could just stick to US-ASCII and call it a day.

IRIs should be part of the specification so they can be implemented by these who are willing. URIs would prevent this.

In practice, considering the level of sophistication at hand, most implementation will stick to pseudo US-ASCII and move on.

Nevertheless, it is my opinion that Gemini should make a difference in this area and allow IRIs in the specification.

For the greater good.