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| author | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2016-12-26 21:41:15 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2016-12-26 21:41:15 +0000 |
| commit | afb39aad9feb36e32f319e3ec9707c5593832546 (patch) | |
| tree | a82e3f723d1a407959005571d82e7f005b34ccb5 /Documentation | |
| parent | 427245acacaf04a882d5524e662075909b96905b (diff) | |
| download | public-inbox-afb39aad9feb36e32f319e3ec9707c5593832546.tar.gz | |
ssoma is not worth marketing, but perhaps our mirror of the git mailing list archives is...
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/design_notes.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/design_notes.txt b/Documentation/design_notes.txt index c7a8b26d..c637302d 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 |