doc: update HACKING and TODO with a few items

Inline::C seems alright, so we might use it more since it still
allows end users to quickly make changes.  Our performance on
rotational disks is also terrible, and could be improved...

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index c2f4825c4f4fa0ef0cff8c3e961ace4a0b9dfe51..f7cb92e96948b552bb360971c380e3ccb38ff371 100644 (file)
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ the shiny new.
 Avoid relying on compiled modules too much.  Even if it is Free,
 compiled code makes packages more expensive to audit, build,
 distribute and verify.  public-inbox itself will only be implemented
-in scripting languages (currently Perl 5).
+in scripting languages (currently Perl 5) and optional JIT-compiled C
+(via Inline::C)
 
 Performance should be reasonably good for server administrators, too,
 and we will sacrifice features to achieve predictable performance.

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 9f58342f3b457dfa369b1bdf0f86813c9d65d789..8f78d87d850fcacf3ee247efd2c3e43e8f007894 100644 (file)
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -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
-  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
 
@@ -101,10 +101,8 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce)
 * 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/
-  (note: may not be needed since we do grokmirror manifest.js.gz, now)
-
 * 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