Three month spec freeze

[James Tomasino]

On 6/2/20 8:59 PM, plugd wrote:
> ❷ drop everything from text/gemini but text and link lines.
> 
> Rational: The world has enough formatting options as it is. Everybody and their pet fish has their preferences (most posts on this list are about formatting...). text/gemini will not move the state of the art. Keep it simple. Less is more.

I'll be that guy to step in here.

As solderpunk mentioned, headings have semantic meaning, as do lists.
These are not formatting features, although they can be styled by
clients that want to be pretty. They provide structure and meaning to
text documents which is invaluable for accessibility and alternative
devices.

We have also had a LOT of conversation on preformatted text to get where
we are. There are some types of content which are impossible to
implement without it.

I don't see any of those things as extraneous features. They enable the
text/gemini format to be what it is as much as links.