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[PATCH] Use text/org media type

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 68687 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Max Nikulin <manikulin <at> gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#68687: [PATCH] Use text/org media type
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:39:34 -0500

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net> writes:

> I see using text/org as an improvement. text/x-org is likely useless.
> At least,
> https://github.com/jeremy-compostella/org-msg/blob/master/org-msg.el
> uses text/org, which may appear in email parts.
>
> However, AFAIU, text/org will fall into "standards tree" in IANA media
> type specification, which means that it MUST be registered, as described
> in https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6838.html#section-3.1
>
> Registering text/org media type requires syntax spec. We are
> still working on format Org mode syntax specifications. See
> https://list.orgmode.org/orgmode/871rjhha8t.fsf <at> gmail.com/ and
> https://orgmode.org/worg/org-syntax.html
>
> The spec is still not fully finalized, so we are not yet initiating the
> registration, as we will need to repeat it again if we decide to make
> further changes (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6838.html#section-5.5)

What does this mean with regards to the patch?  Should we wait with
installing it until that process is done?

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