Caching and status codes

[John Cowan]

On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 2:35 PM <khuxkm at tilde.team> wrote:


> Again, your elitism is showing. I feel like adding a way to signal
> whether or not you can safely cache a response isn't really sacrificing
> any of the Gemini ethos: simplicity, privacy, or generality.
>

+1

> I fail to see how adding "safe to cache" and "do not cache" status codes
> would make using netcat different from Kristall or any other client. Just
> treat it as a 2x success status code, and move on.
>

In addition, if you click on a link saying "Random cool picture!", first of
all that's safe (no pixel bug in it), and second, if you notice that it's
the same picture as last time, you do a refresh, causing your client to
override its cache, and you see a different picture.  Everybody wins.



John Cowan          http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan        cowan at ccil.org
There is no real going back.  Though I may come to the Shire, it will
not seem the same; for I shall not be the same.  I am wounded with
knife, sting, and tooth, and a long burden.  Where shall I find rest?
                --Frodo
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