Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list gopher); Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:05:32 -0600 (CST) Received: from floodgap.com ([66.159.214.137] ident=elvis) by glockenspiel.complete.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) id 1JIPBP-0002ZP-T2 for gopher@complete.org; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:05:32 -0600 Received: (from spectre@localhost) by floodgap.com (6.6.6.666.1/2007.10.21) id m0PE5Nnl011222 for gopher@complete.org; Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:05:23 -0800 From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre@floodgap.com> Message-Id: <200801251405.m0PE5Nnl011222@floodgap.com> Subject: [gopher] Re: Strategy: end of Gopher in Mozilla In-Reply-To: <2a1386f80801250553i266b4fcau90f765fbd5b34d92@mail.gmail.com> from Hugh Guiney at "Jan 25, 8 08:53:14 am" To: gopher@complete.org Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:05:23 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL39 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=UNKNOWN-8BIT Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No (score 0.0): AWL=0.004 X-Virus-Scanned: by Exiscan on glockenspiel.complete.org at Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:05:32 -0600 X-archive-position: 1817 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: gopher-bounce@complete.org Errors-to: gopher-bounce@complete.org X-original-sender: spectre@floodgap.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: gopher@complete.org List-help: <mailto:ecartis@complete.org?Subject=help> List-unsubscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=unsubscribe> List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> X-List-ID: Gopher <gopher.complete.org> List-subscribe: <mailto:gopher-request@complete.org?Subject=subscribe> List-owner: <mailto:jgoerzen@complete.org> List-post: <mailto:gopher@complete.org> List-archive: <http://www.complete.org/mailinglists/archives/> X-list: gopher

> Okay, so I'm not exactly current on these developments (last I heard this > was still just a "bug" in the process of being "addressed") but am I corr= ect > in assuming that Gopher is out on only *official* Mozilla releases? If so, > are [Moz-hosted] offshoots like SeaMonkey=97which is supposed to be less > memory-intensive and more feature-rich out-of-the-box than Firefox anyway= =97a > viable option? It's a little obscure, but probably a lot less so than an > entirely new client would be (not that I'm opposed to that idea, as it's a > project I myself have wanted to undertake at some point in the future). I > have no idea how the Moz dev community operates, but if it's a separate > codebase/more niche-appreciative crowd, maybe Gopher support would fair > better there.

It's totally out of Core, so any branch will lose it by default unless it's added back in, including offshoots like SeaMonkey and Camino.

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