X-Git-Url: http://www.git.stargrave.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=HACKING;fp=HACKING;h=3435775c632b5159617452816bc0ccd757465907;hb=66c6699142d95cce9e5c9d49e0498161a776cc22;hp=3c2235a4f2ad3bf023b05839331e1abfff9ff705;hpb=932a70dfd2ea3e8ae7eca5fac680c2ad0a17c46d;p=public-inbox.git diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index 3c2235a4..3435775c 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -36,12 +36,14 @@ In general, we favor mature and well-tested old things rather than the shiny new. Avoid relying on compiled modules too much. Even if it is Free, -compiled code makes packages more expensive to audit, build, and +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). Performance should be reasonably good for server administrators, too, and we will sacrifice features to achieve predictable performance. +Encouraging folks to self-host will be easier with lower hardware +requirements. See design_www.txt and design_notes.txt in the Documentation/ directory for design decisions made during development.