Add mimetype for extension .md (markdown)

[rdbatch02]

BPO	39324
Nosy	@rdbatch02
PRs	bpo-39324: Add markdown mimetype mapping #17995

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title = 'Add mimetype for extension .md (markdown)'
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Linked PRs

• [3.12] gh-83505: Add markdown mimetype mapping (GH-17995) #118594

[rdbatch02]

I would like to propose that the mimetype for markdown files ending in .md to text/markdown is included in the mimetypes library. This is registered here: https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/text/markdown

[jaraco]

I ran into this issue yesterday. Sure seems like a bug that one of the Internet's most popular content types isn't recognized by Python.