TODO: remove done items, add some more

[public-inbox.git] / TODO

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@@ -21,9 +21,15 @@ 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.
 
-* 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)
 
-* NNTP COMPRESS extension (see innd)
+* 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.
 
 * Support more of RFC 3977 (NNTP)
 
@@ -35,6 +41,8 @@ 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.
@@ -79,6 +87,9 @@ 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.
@@ -92,5 +103,8 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
 
 * support hooks, since low-level git-fast-import does not run them
   https://public-inbox.org/meta/20190405174329.GA21472@chatter.qube.local/
+  (note: may not be needed since we do grokmirror manifest.js.gz, now)
 
-* investigate native grokmirror support/integration
+* 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.