diff options
author | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2019-01-07 09:09:51 +0000 |
---|---|---|
committer | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2019-01-09 11:44:52 +0000 |
commit | a9cab9c477b74b3b828c26aa64e70d88c9d6744c (patch) | |
tree | f0205f3253aad322c6a7e074b3939d1d345e1b56 /lib/PublicInbox/AltId.pm | |
parent | e683624b96fdc2587a2e45895d22b373c8a6413b (diff) | |
download | public-inbox-a9cab9c477b74b3b828c26aa64e70d88c9d6744c.tar.gz |
Hopefully this helps people familiarize themselves with the source code.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/PublicInbox/AltId.pm')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/PublicInbox/AltId.pm | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/AltId.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/AltId.pm index 4a6ff97c..300bdc0b 100644 --- a/lib/PublicInbox/AltId.pm +++ b/lib/PublicInbox/AltId.pm @@ -1,12 +1,21 @@ # Copyright (C) 2016-2018 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org> # License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt> +# Used for giving serial numbers to messages. This can be tied to +# the msgmap for live updates to living lists (see +# PublicInbox::Filters::RubyLang), or kept separate for imports +# of defunct NNTP groups (e.g. scripts/xhdr-num2mid) +# +# Introducing NEW uses of serial numbers is discouraged because of +# it leads to reliance on centralization. However, being able +# to use existing serial numbers is beneficial. package PublicInbox::AltId; use strict; use warnings; use URI::Escape qw(uri_unescape); # spec: TYPE:PREFIX:param1=value1¶m2=value2&... +# The PREFIX will be a searchable boolean prefix in Xapian # Example: serial:gmane:file=/path/to/altmsgmap.sqlite3 sub new { my ($class, $inbox, $spec, $writable) = @_; |