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authorEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2020-09-14 06:39:36 +0000
committerEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2020-09-14 21:29:57 +0000
commite61ade9e03e754b5bde70518223b1e9d92ab57e4 (patch)
tree3e27cfd4375320ac38b5efd3e6102b325402d8a1
parent23eab6127c62d0228a0cfcec78a267fe5e7011c7 (diff)
downloadpublic-inbox-e61ade9e03e754b5bde70518223b1e9d92ab57e4.tar.gz
Some more things have happened...

And drop some items which are too expensive to support,
such as automatic mirroring.
-rw-r--r--Documentation/RelNotes/v1.6.0.eml31
-rw-r--r--TODO20
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/v1.6.0.eml b/Documentation/RelNotes/v1.6.0.eml
index 4f72f352..153b1f13 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes/v1.6.0.eml
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/v1.6.0.eml
@@ -40,10 +40,13 @@ on HDD storage, though we can't defy the laws of physics, either.
     on message delivery (or spam removal) to wake up read-only
     daemons via inotify or kqueue.
 
-* Upgrading
+  - `--help' switch supported by command-line tools
+
+* Upgrading for new features in 1.6
 
   The ordering of these steps is only necessary if you intend to
-  use some new features of this release.
+  use some new features in 1.6.  Future releases may have
+  different instructions (or be entirely transparent).
 
   0. install (use your OS package manager, or "make install")
 
@@ -129,13 +132,35 @@ on HDD storage, though we can't defy the laws of physics, either.
     retrieval
 
   - mbox search results may now include all messages pertaining to that
-    thread (requires `--reindex' mentioned in `Upgrading').
+    thread.  Needs `--reindex' mentioned above in
+    `Upgrading for new features in 1.6'.
+
+  - fix mbox.gz search results downloads for lynx users
+
+  - small navigation tweaks, more prominent mirroring instructions
 
 * public-inbox-watch
 
   - Linux::Inotify2 or IO::KQueue is used directly,
     Filesys::Notify::Simple is no longer required
 
+  - NNTP groups and IMAP mailboxes may be watched in addition
+    to Maildirs (lightly tested).
+
+* Ongoing internal changes
+
+  - reduce event loop hogging for many-inbox support
+
+  - use more Perl v5.10-isms, future-proof against Perl 8
+
+  - more consistent variable and field naming, improve internal
+    documentation and comments
+
+  - start supporting >=40 char git identifiers for SHA-256
+
+  - test -httpd-specific code paths via Plack::Test::ExternalServer
+    in addition to generic PSGI paths.
+
 Please report bugs via plain-text mail to: meta@public-inbox.org
 
 See archives at https://public-inbox.org/meta/ for all history.
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 9396f661..467f047f 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
 * extend public-inbox-watch to support IMAP, NNTP
 
 * improve performance and avoid head-of-line blocking on slow storage
+  (done for most git blob retrievals, Xapian needs work)
 
 * HTTP(S) search API (likely JMAP, but GraphQL could be an option)
   It should support git-specific prefixes (dfpre:, dfpost:, dfn:, etc)
@@ -123,6 +124,11 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
 
 * search across multiple inboxes, or admin-definable groups of inboxes
 
+  This will require a new detached Xapian index that can be used in
+  parallel with existing per-inbox indices.  Using ->add_database
+  with hundreds of shards is unusable in current Xapian as of
+  August 2020 (acknowledged by Xapian upstream).
+
 * scalability to tens/hundreds of thousands of inboxes
 
   - pagination for WwwListing
@@ -136,6 +142,8 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
 * command-line tool (similar to mairix/notmuch, but solver+git-aware)
 
 * consider removing doc_data from Xapian, redundant with over.sqlite3
+  It's no longer read as of public-inbox 1.6.0, but still written for
+  compatibility.
 
 * share "git cat-file --batch" processes across inboxes to avoid
   bumping into /proc/sys/fs/pipe-user-pages-* limits
@@ -157,15 +165,7 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
 
 * highlighting + linkification for "git format-patch --interdiff" output
 
-* highlighting + linkification for "git format-patch --range-diff" output
-  (requires mirroring of git repos)
-
-* parse and allow (semi)automatic-mirroring of "git request-pull" output
-  for coderepos
-
-* configurable diff output for solver-generated blobs
-
-* figure out how search for messages with multiple Date: headers
-  should work (some wacky examples out there...)
+* highlighting for "git format-patch --range-diff" output
+  (linkification is too expensive, as it requires mirroring)
 
 * support UUCP addresses for legacy archives