TODO: DHT (distributed hash table) for Message-IDs

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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ performance, ease-of-setup, installation, maintainability, etc
 all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
 
 * general performance improvements, but without relying on
 all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
 
 * general performance improvements, but without relying on

-  XS or compiled code any more than we currently do.
+  XS or pre-built modules any more than we currently do.

 
 * mailmap support (same as git) for remapping expired email addresses
 
 
 * mailmap support (same as git) for remapping expired email addresses
 


@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
   yet storing large amounts of data on computers without a
   public IP behind a home Internet connection.
 
   yet storing large amounts of data on computers without a
   public IP behind a home Internet connection.
 

-* TLS support for various daemons (including STARTTLS for NNTP and POP3)
+* DHT (distributed hash table) for mapping Message-IDs to various
+  archive locations to avoid SPOF.

 
 * optional Cache::FastMmap support so production deployments won't
   need Varnish (Varnish doesn't protect NNTP, either)
 
 * optional Cache::FastMmap support so production deployments won't
   need Varnish (Varnish doesn't protect NNTP, either)


@@ -33,8 +34,6 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
   ensure things continue working as they should (or more better)
   while retaining compatibility with old versions.
 
   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)
 
 * Combined "super server" for NNTP/HTTP/POP3 to reduce memory overhead
 * Support more of RFC 3977 (NNTP)
 
 * Combined "super server" for NNTP/HTTP/POP3 to reduce memory overhead


@@ -105,7 +104,35 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
 * imperfect scraper importers for obfuscated list archives
   (e.g. obfuscated Mailman stuff, Google Groups, etc...)
 
 * 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/
+* consider using HTTP::Date instead of Date::Parse, since we need the
+  former is capable of parsing RFC822-ish dates, used by Plack, and
+  the latter is missing from OpenBSD and maybe other distros.
+
+* improve performance and avoid head-of-line blocking on slow storage
+
+* share "git cat-file --batch" processes across inboxes to avoid
+  bumping into /proc/sys/fs/pipe-user-pages-* limits
+
+* make "git cat-file --batch" detect unlinked packfiles so we don't
+  have to restart processes (very long-term)
+
+* support searching based on `git-patch-id --stable` to improve
+  bidirectional mapping of commits <=> emails
+
+* linter to check validity of config file
+
+* linter option and WWW endpoint to graph relationships and flows
+  between inboxes, addresses maildirs, coderepos, etc...
+
+* pygments support - via Python script similar to `git cat-file --batch'
+  to avoid startup penalty.  pygments.rb (Ruby) can be inspiration, too.
+
+* 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

 
 

-* investigate native grokmirror support/integration
+* configurable diff output for solver-generated blobs