Re: [media-types] Mime type for patch files?

[Petter Reinholdtsen <[e-mail]>]

[Eric Prud'hommeaux]
> That depends on the levers we have available. I was assuming that we
> can't change the deployed media type to get rid of the "x-". It
> appears that some of the tooling makes that not too problematic
> because it has infrustructure for aliases. I'm all in favor of getting
> rid of "x-" when possible. It's possible the right thing to do is to
> register all four (or maybe only one of text/{diff,patch} and
> gradually migrate the tooling (a non-trivial task as i've been seeing
> tools DTRT with patches for decades). A dual registration reflects
> both current and intended reality, which is arguably its purpose.

I do not understand the way forward from here.  Can someone who know the
process bring some clarity?  Who make decisions?  Who are just making
comments on the sideline?  What am I supposed to do now to try to get a
registered mime type for patches?

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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen