From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 00:56:07 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: misc doc updates
X-Git-Tag: v1.0.0~750
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.stargrave.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=19a602120d1e593c8045672e842f38b29910db03;p=public-inbox.git

misc doc updates

Strongly emphasize decentralization, as that was actually the
main impetus for my interest in git.
---

diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 46f8a3ed..1cda588e 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ It is archived at <http://public-inbox.org/meta/>.
 
 Please consider our goals in mind:
 
-	Accessibility, Compatibility, Performance
+	Decentralization, Accessibility, Compatibility, Performance
 
 These goals apply to everyone: users viewing over the web or NNTP,
 sysadmins running public-inbox, and other hackers working public-inbox.
 
+We will reject any feature which advocates or contributes to a particular
+instance of a public-inbox becoming a single point of failure.
+
 See design_www.txt and design_notes.txt in the Documentation/ directory
 for design decisions made during development.
diff --git a/README b/README
index 4c405acd..09b66a36 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ Requirements (participant)
 
 * any MUA which may send text-only emails ("git send-email" works!)
   Users are strongly encouraged to use the "reply-all" feature of
-  their mailers to reduce the impact of a public-inbox as a SPOF.
+  their mailers to reduce the impact of a public-inbox as a
+  single point of failure.
 
 * participants do not need to install public-inbox, only server admins
 
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 2d709952..d2f57d83 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
+TODO items for public-inbox
+
+(Not in any particular order)
+
 * implement RFC 4685 (Atom message threading)
 * configurable constants (quote folding, index limits)
 * use tags as date-based skiplists for navigating history
+  (maybe not needed with Xapian support nowadays?)
+* handle Xapian date range queries:
+  http://mid.gmane.org/20151005222157.GE5880@survex.com
+* use REQUEST_URI properly for CGI / mod_perl2 compatibility
+  with Message-IDs which include '%'
+* more test cases (use git fast-import to speed up creation)
+* large mbox/Maildir/MH/NNTP spool import (use git fast-import)
+* remove dependency on ssoma installation (inline the code)
 * improve + document mlmmj integration, currently only at:
   http://bogomips.org/unicorn-public/20140508084301.GA2033%40dcvr.yhbt.net/