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author | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2019-09-21 00:06:42 +0000 |
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committer | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2019-09-22 03:07:58 +0000 |
commit | b1759e873fcd861e76be4b702119e70af267c9f4 (patch) | |
tree | 951f5e190a6f84a64a15c384cd630f36668eef3e | |
parent | 290b8ef18659a52f3cfa97458b5dc5334519dfed (diff) | |
download | public-inbox-b1759e873fcd861e76be4b702119e70af267c9f4.tar.gz |
Inline::C seems alright, so we might use it more since it still allows end users to quickly make changes. Our performance on rotational disks is also terrible, and could be improved...
-rw-r--r-- | HACKING | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | TODO | 8 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ the shiny new. 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. @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ performance, ease-of-setup, installation, maintainability, etc 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 @@ -101,10 +101,8 @@ all need to be considered for everything we introduce) * 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 |