TODO: add item for optional Cache::FastMmap

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@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
 
 * TLS support for various daemons (including STARTTLS for NNTP and POP3)
 
+* optional Cache::FastMmap support so production deployments won't
+  need Varnish (Varnish doesn't protect NNTP, either)
+
+* dogfood and take advantage of new kernel APIs (while maintaining
+  portability to older Linux, free BSDs and maybe Hurd).
+
+* dogfood latest Xapian, Perl5, SQLite, git and various modules to
+  ensure things continue working as they should (or more better)
+  while retaining compatibility with old versions.
+
 * NNTP COMPRESS extension (see innd)
 
 * Support more of RFC 3977 (NNTP)
@@ -35,6 +45,8 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
   likewise "[Bug #123456]" could be configured to expand to
   point to some project's bug tracker at http://example.com/bug/123456
 
+* configurable synonym and spelling support in Xapian
+
 * Support optional "HTTPS Everywhere" for mapping old HTTP to HTTPS
   links if (and only if) the user wants to use HTTPS.  We may also
   be able to configure redirects for expired URLs.
@@ -52,13 +64,6 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
 
   cf.  https://public-inbox.org/git/20160814012706.GA18784@starla/
 
-* portability to FreeBSD (and other Free Software *BSDs)
-  ugh... https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=116615
-  (IO::KQueue is broken with Danga::Socket)
-
-* EPOLLEXCLUSIVE for listen socket fairness across -httpd/nntpd
-  worker processes.
-
 * improve documentation
 
 * linkify thread skeletons better
@@ -76,8 +81,6 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
 
 * large mbox/Maildir/MH/NNTP spool import (see PublicInbox::Import)
 
-* Allow NNTP and more of PSGI code to work without Xapian
-
 * Read-only WebDAV interface to the git repo so it can be mounted
   via davfs2 or fusedav to avoid full clones.
   davfs2 needs Range: request support for this to be feasible:
@@ -88,6 +91,9 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
   Inboxes (and any git repos) can be kept up-to-date without
   relying on polling.
 
+* Improve bundle support in git to make it cheaper to host/clone
+  with dumb HTTP(S) servers.
+
 * Expose targeted reindexing of individual messages.
   Sometimes an indexing bug only affects a handful of messages,
   so it's not worth the trouble of doing a full reindex.
@@ -95,3 +101,11 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
 * code repository integration (with cgit, gitweb, etc...)
 
 * migration path to v2 without breaking v1 "git fetch" cronjobs
+
+* imperfect scraper importers for obfuscated list archives
+  (e.g. obfuscated Mailman stuff, Google Groups, etc...)
+
+* support hooks, since low-level git-fast-import does not run them
+  https://public-inbox.org/meta/20190405174329.GA21472@chatter.qube.local/
+
+* investigate native grokmirror support/integration