X-Git-Url: http://www.git.stargrave.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fpublic-inbox-init.pod;h=5a875f9d20d7f924a4012e66fed56f0006add851;hb=0b15dfc58ceaecdcb1c9285c3ad55813006c8338;hp=ea2b38dd27dbf60ccbe52ce4c0dde29435cf80ae;hpb=6f5b7803c82c45105272802b818df684b87bd2ec;p=public-inbox.git

diff --git a/Documentation/public-inbox-init.pod b/Documentation/public-inbox-init.pod
index ea2b38dd..5a875f9d 100644
--- a/Documentation/public-inbox-init.pod
+++ b/Documentation/public-inbox-init.pod
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ This may be set after-the-fact via C<publicinbox.$NAME.newsgroup>
 in the configuration file.  See L<public-inbox-config(5)> for more
 info.
 
-Available since public-inbox 1.6.0 (PENDING).
+Available in public-inbox 1.6.0+.
 
 Default: none.
 
-=item -N, --skip-artnum
+=item --skip-artnum
 
 This option allows archivists to publish incomplete archives
 with only new mail while allowing NNTP article numbers
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ but may be of use to L<public-inbox-v1-format(5)> users.
 There is no automatic way to use reserved NNTP article numbers
 when old mail is found, yet.
 
-Available since public-inbox 1.6.0 (PENDING).
+Available in public-inbox 1.6.0+.
 
 Default: unset, no NNTP article numbers are skipped
 
@@ -86,14 +86,31 @@ Default: unset, no epochs are skipped
 Control the number of Xapian index shards in a
 C<-V2> (L<public-inbox-v2-format(5)>) inbox.
 
-It is useful to use a single shard (C<-j1>) for inboxes on
+It can be useful to use a single shard (C<-j1>) for inboxes on
 high-latency storage (e.g. rotational HDD) unless the system has
 enough RAM to cache 5-10x the size of the git repository.
 
-It is generally not useful to specify higher values than the
-default due to contention in the top-level producer process.
+Another approach for HDDs is to use the
+L<public-inbox-index(1)/publicInbox.indexSequentialShard> option
+and many shards, so each shard may fit into the kernel page
+cache.  Unfortunately, excessive shards slows down read-only
+query performance.
 
-Default: the number of online CPUs, up to 4
+For fast storage, it is generally not useful to specify higher
+values than the default due to the top-level producer process
+being a bottleneck.
+
+Default: the number of online CPUs, up to 4 (3 shard workers, 1 producer)
+
+=item --skip-docdata
+
+Do not store document data in Xapian, reducing Xapian storage
+overhead by around 1.5%.
+
+Warning: this option prevents rollbacks to public-inbox 1.5.0
+and earlier.
+
+Available in public-inbox 1.6.0+.
 
 =back
 
@@ -120,12 +137,12 @@ to a given inbox.
 
 Feedback welcome via plain-text mail to L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
 
-The mail archives are hosted at L<https://public-inbox.org/meta/>
-and L<http://hjrcffqmbrq6wope.onion/meta/>
+The mail archives are hosted at L<https://public-inbox.org/meta/> and
+L<http://4uok3hntl7oi7b4uf4rtfwefqeexfzil2w6kgk2jn5z2f764irre7byd.onion/meta/>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2019-2020 all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
+Copyright 2019-2021 all contributors L<mailto:meta@public-inbox.org>
 
 License: AGPL-3.0+ L<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>