20:31:41 <xnaas> Yes, but my question is really: can ergo support rfc1459 (and rfc1459-strict) and should one of those be the default?
20:32:07 <@slingamn> i think my answers would be "potentially, but why would we want to?" and "no"
20:32:29 <@slingamn> the behavior we implement is a de facto standard and we publish an 005 token describing it
20:32:38 <xnaas> to match what users expect if other IRC networks already do so, mostly
20:33:04 <xnaas> Can say one of my users was very shocked to see someone could take {their_nick} when they had [their_nick] already. :P
20:34:07 <@slingamn> hmm
20:34:59 <xnaas> I'm checking InspIRCd and UnrealIRCd which dwarf ergo by raw server count. I know Libera uses rfc1459.
20:35:58 <xnaas> (And Freenode before it)
20:36:01 <@slingamn> i think it's not a clear user expectation at this point
20:36:09 <@slingamn> you can open an issue...i think dan might have thoughts
20:37:10 <xnaas> looks like InspIRCd and UnrealIRCd both also default to ascii
20:37:37 <xnaas> But I'll have to check the top 10 now :P https://netsplit.de/networks/top10.php
20:37:38 -@ErgoBot- IRC Networks - Top 10 in the annual comparison
20:38:29 <@slingamn> i would guess that most large networks use rfc1459
20:38:45 <@slingamn> but i would also guess that the distinction is important to very few people
20:39:10 <@dan> I’d rather default to ascii, easier for new client authors to implement imo and more appropriate for newer networks, but ye smol distinction
20:39:27 <@slingamn> ohai dan
20:39:33 <@dan> haihai
20:40:25 <@slingamn> dan: we could open a ticket to support rfc1459 and/or rfc1459-strict, and make it incompatible with PRECIS (if you have PRECIS enabled then you must use CASEMAPPING=ascii)
20:40:37 <@slingamn> but, i don't think it's much of a priority
20:40:49 * xnaas can definitely open an issue and you can comment "PRs welcome" 😉
20:40:55 * xnaas knows how FOSS works
20:40:57 <xnaas> 😉
20:41:02 <@slingamn> it would also create some terminological confusion because the config key that controls utf8mapping is named 'casemapping', lol
20:41:11 <@dan> if you’d like to maintain it then totally open to having it ;D
20:41:16 <@dan> ehe