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.
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
* 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