[tech] default response?

[Petite Abeille]

> On Dec 30, 2020, at 13:13, Omar Polo <op at omarpolo.com> wrote:
> 
> is it still valid?  

Ah, actually, you are right, the subtype is required now (thought old style MIME had it optional).

So text/* as a minimum I guess.

> 
> To be fair, with the *current* specification
> 
> 20\r\n
> <eof>
> 
> is the minimal response allowed, since the spec still has the phrase:

There you go. So my first example then, plus two digits code.

> but that's gonna be removed in a while (or at least is the impression I
> got from the other thread).

Is that so? Lost track over time.

> I'm curios though, why are you trying to define the "smallest possible
> response?"

Well, to flush out all such questions, and know what to expect at a very minimum :)

Which, as of today is:

20\r\n
<eof>

I.e. an empty text/gemini;charset=utf-8 response.