Mercury

[Felix Queißner]

Hey!

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

I think Mercury was just a thought experiment, but it sounds like we can
spec that out to be fully usable (specify port and such)

> * are there Gemininauts interested in Mercury?
Yeah, definitly. It sounds like the perfect match for embedded devices,
as it requires no encryption and no complex state machines.

> * are there clients and servers targeting both Gemini and Mercury?
> (i.e. the Gemini concept with and without TLS)
Probably in some hours? I'm really tempted to implement a mercury://
into Kristall and provide people a client they can use :)

> * 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
To my knowledge we haven't had a discussion about Mercury yet and it's
simple enough to "just be used"

Regards
- xq