Subject: Re: bug#68687: [PATCH] Use text/org media type

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 18:47:37 +0200

> Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 23:35:09 +0700
> From: Max Nikulin <[email-masked]>
> 
> On 27/01/2024 10:38, Richard Stallman wrote:
> > 
> > What is the purpose for which text/org would be used?
> > In what situations would we want to send files in Org format
> > and why would it be useful to formally label them?
> 
> I am rather confused by these questions. Media types appears in the 
> Content-Type header. Applications decide how to treat content basing on 
> media type description. E.g. Thunderbird may be configured to display 
> text attachments inline, but if the same attachment uses 
> application/vnd.lotus-organizer then an external application must be 
> invoked to see its text.
> 
> De-facto Org files are used in various projects. Received or fetched Org 
> files must be treated with some precautions, but it is another story.

I think Richard lacks the broader context: that text/org is supposed
to appear in the Content-Type header in email messages, and the MUA is
supposed to display this content in received email messages according
to user expectations, which generally follow how Org buffers display
text.