Re: [PATCH 1/6] docs: document bundle URI standard

Derrick Stolee [off-list ref] writes:

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How does a client tell which one it got?  Do we register mimetype
with iana to use for these two types of files, and have the HTTP
downloader to use the information?

My implementation is much dumber than that: it first attempts to
parse the file as a bundle (looking for a bundle header) and then
attempts to parse it as a config file after that. If neither
succeed, then an error is thrown.

I think that is probably the best implementation after all.

We cannot trust what the other side tells us.  "They claimed that
this is a bundle file and not a table-of-contents, and it does look
like one, but it may be corrupt or even malicious file that may look
like a bundle file on surface, so let's carefully examine it" ought
to be the attitude the receiving side has towards the incoming data.

Thanks.