t/multi-mid: skip properly w/o DBD::SQLite

[public-inbox.git] / TODO

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@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ 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.
+  (Optional Inline::C and user-compiled re2c acceptable)

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

+* support remapping of expired URLs similar to mailmap
+  (coordinate with git.git with this?)
+

 * POP3 server, since some webmail providers support external POP3:
   https://public-inbox.org/meta/20160411034104.GA7817@dcvr.yhbt.net/
   Perhaps make this depend solely the NNTP server and work as a proxy.
 * POP3 server, since some webmail providers support external POP3:
   https://public-inbox.org/meta/20160411034104.GA7817@dcvr.yhbt.net/
   Perhaps make this depend solely the NNTP server and work as a proxy.


@@ -17,11 +21,15 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
 
 * HTTP and NNTP proxy support.  Allow us to be a frontend for
   firewalled off (or Tor-exclusive) instances.  The use case is
 
 * HTTP and NNTP proxy support.  Allow us to be a frontend for
   firewalled off (or Tor-exclusive) instances.  The use case is

-  for offering a publically accessible IP with a cheap VPS,
+  for offering a publicly accessible IP with a cheap VPS,

   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)
+* support HTTP(S) CONNECT proxying to NNTP for users with
+  firewall problems
+
+* 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)


@@ -33,15 +41,13 @@ 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
 
 * Configurable linkification for per-inbox shorthands:
   "$gmane/123456" could be configured to expand to the
 * Support more of RFC 3977 (NNTP)
 
 * Combined "super server" for NNTP/HTTP/POP3 to reduce memory overhead
 
 * Configurable linkification for per-inbox shorthands:
   "$gmane/123456" could be configured to expand to the

-  appropriate link pointing to the gmane.org list archives,
+  appropriate link pointing to the gmane.io list archives,

   likewise "[Bug #123456]" could be configured to expand to
   point to some project's bug tracker at http://example.com/bug/123456
 
   likewise "[Bug #123456]" could be configured to expand to
   point to some project's bug tracker at http://example.com/bug/123456
 


@@ -69,10 +75,9 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
 * linkify thread skeletons better
   https://public-inbox.org/git/6E3699DEA672430CAEA6DEFEDE6918F4@PhilipOakley/
 
 * linkify thread skeletons better
   https://public-inbox.org/git/6E3699DEA672430CAEA6DEFEDE6918F4@PhilipOakley/
 

-* streaming Email::MIME replacement: currently we generate many
+* low-memory Email::MIME replacement: currently we generate many

   allocations/strings for headers we never look at and slurp
   allocations/strings for headers we never look at and slurp

-  entire message bodies into memory.
-  (this is pie-in-the-sky territory...)
+  entire message bodies into memory.  GMime+Inline::C could work.

 
 * use REQUEST_URI properly for CGI / mod_perl2 compatibility
   with Message-IDs which include '%' (done?)
 
 * use REQUEST_URI properly for CGI / mod_perl2 compatibility
   with Message-IDs which include '%' (done?)


@@ -98,14 +103,43 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
   Sometimes an indexing bug only affects a handful of messages,
   so it's not worth the trouble of doing a full reindex.
 
   Sometimes an indexing bug only affects a handful of messages,
   so it's not worth the trouble of doing a full reindex.
 

-* code repository integration (with cgit, gitweb, etc...)
+* code repository integration (cgit: done, TODO: 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...)
 
 
 * 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/
+* 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
+
+* configurable diff output for solver-generated blobs
+
+* figure out how search for messages with multiple Date: headers
+  should work (some wacky examples out there...)

 
 

-* investigate native grokmirror support/integration
+* support UUCP addresses for legacy archives