SPOOFED: Regarding non-finite response bodies

[bie]

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 11:43:13PM +0000, James Tomasino wrote:
> On 11/16/20 11:01 PM, Drew DeVault wrote:
> > I disagree very strongly with the suggestion of gemini+stream://. It
> > relies upon a presumption about the specification which is poorly
> > supported: that all Gemini requests are finite.
> 
> As the original author of the gemini+stream proposal I want to just jump in with my agreement of Drew's response. Everything I had stated was based on my *incorrect* assumption that the spec was clear that our connection ended before processing data. If that is not the case then any and all Gemini clients can support streaming and we have no need for a +stream add-on.
> 
> Hooray for streaming!
> 
> > Do not.
> > Extend.
> > Gemini.
> 
> Agreed.

100% agreed

I'll update my server to no longer respond to gemini+stream:// requests
(it was already responding to them the exact same way as gemini://
requests, so my gemini-backed streaming radio will, of course, remain
"on air")

bie