Mercury

[Phil Leblanc]

Hi all,

I have very recently discovered Gemini, so I am late at the party, but
very excited by the Gemini concept and philosophy.

At the same time, I am a bit disappointed by the mandatory use of TLS
in the protocol. It seems _so_ at odds with the overall philosophy and
simplicity of Gemini...  But I _do_ understand that there is momentum
behind TLS usage.

Looking for discussion about this TLS issue, I found in a message by
Petite Abeille [1] a link to the Mercury document [2] by Solderpunk.

I don't know when it was published and couldn't find a discussion
about Mercury (i.e. Gemini without TLS)

What I would like to know:

* is the Mercury document an old document that has been already
discussed and the concept discarded?  (any link to the discussion?)

* is the concept still "alive"?  is the document still "open for comments"?

* are there Gemininauts interested in Mercury?

* are there clients and servers targeting both Gemini and Mercury?
(i.e. the Gemini concept with and without TLS)

* has a solution been proposed for the two protocols coexistence?
(e.g. port 1965 for Gemini and 1963 for Mercury  (the year of the last
Mercury flight :-)

I am sorry if it has already been hashed and rehashed. And thanks in
advance for your answers about any of the points above

Phil

[1] https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2020/001237.html

[2] https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/gemini.circumlunar.space/users/solderpunk/cornedbeef/the-mercury-protocol.gmi