X-Git-Url: http://www.git.stargrave.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fdesign_notes.txt;h=c5d9427b5d1367f36ad5b229610ee14bd96fd15a;hb=55b22e6414b78336633ca243c113c712af2c3bcd;hp=c7a8b26dfe786b8560ecbb3e8e65d82f18c15582;hpb=19ccb17a3949bc82bf706cf68c629b0e0d25962e;p=public-inbox.git diff --git a/Documentation/design_notes.txt b/Documentation/design_notes.txt index c7a8b26d..c5d9427b 100644 --- a/Documentation/design_notes.txt +++ b/Documentation/design_notes.txt @@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ Why email? * git, one of the most widely-used version control systems, includes many tools for for email, including: git-format-patch(1), git-send-email(1), git-am(1), git-imap-send(1). Furthermore, the development of git itself - is based on the git mailing list. + is based on the git mailing list: https://public-inbox.org/git/ + (or http://hjrcffqmbrq6wope.onion/git/ for Tor users) * Email is already the de-facto form of communication in many Free Software communities.. @@ -86,6 +87,11 @@ Why perl 5? * git and SpamAssassin both use it, so it should be one less thing for admins to install and waste disk space with. +* Distributing compiled binaries has higher costs for storage/cache + space is required for each architecture. Having a runnable, + source-only distribution means any user already has access to all + of our source. + Laziness -------- @@ -112,12 +118,11 @@ Laziness * Avoids bikeshedding about web UI decisions, GUI-lovers can write their own GUI-friendly interfaces (HTML or native) based on public archives. - Maybe one day integrated MUAs will feature built-in git protocol support! Web notes --------- -* Getting users to install/run ssoma (or any new tool) is difficult. +* Getting users to install/run any new tool is difficult. The web views must be easily read/cache/mirror-able. * There may also be a significant number of webmail users without @@ -154,5 +159,5 @@ where `n' is the number of history splits. Copyright --------- -Copyright 2013-2015 all contributors -License: AGPLv3 or later +Copyright 2013-2018 all contributors +License: AGPL-3.0+