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Date:   Thu, 28 Nov 2019 22:31:45 +0000
From:   Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
To:     Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: recommend lore.kernel.org over public-inbox.org
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> On Thu, 28 Nov 2019, Eric Wong wrote:
> 
> > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > > And: if I want to track the latest mails in GitGitGadget, what indication
> > > will I have that I'll need to switch to `.../1`?
> >
> > You can use the gzipped JSON grokmirror manifest at:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/git/manifest.js.gz
> >
> > grokmirror could be a bit of a pain to install because of Python
> > dependencies, so periodically attempting to clone the next
> > numbered epoch ought to be fine, too.
> >
> > I've also considered adding epoch info into
> > https://lore.kernel.org/git/_/text/config/raw
> > so shell scripters w/o JSON parsers can use "git config"
> 
> I just had a look at its contents:
> 
> -- snip --
> ; example public-inbox config snippet for "git"
> ; see public-inbox-config(5) manpage for more details:
> ; https://public-inbox.org/public-inbox-config.html
> [publicinbox "git"]
> 	inboxdir = /path/to/top-level-inbox
> 	; note: public-inbox before v1.2.0 used "mainrepo"
> 	; instead of "inboxdir", both remain supported after 1.2
> 	mainrepo = /path/to/top-level-inbox
> 	address = git@vger.kernel.org
> 	listid = git.vger.kernel.org
> 	filter = PublicInbox::Filter::Mirror
> 	newsgroup = org.kernel.vger.git
> 	nntpmirror = nntp://nntp.lore.kernel.org/org.kernel.vger.git
> -- snap --
> 
> Isn't `inboxdir` and `mainrepo` incorrect?

How so?  It's fine to have both in case users need to downgrade
to older versions of public-inbox.

> And yes, adding `epoch` information there would be very welcome.

Noted.  Not sure if the "modified" and "fingerprint" keys of
manifest would make sense there, too...