Re: CFT: imaps://public-inbox.org/INBOX.comp.version-control.git.7

From: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 10, 2020, 23:31 UTC
Message-ID: <20200610233127.GA51956@generichostname>
In-Reply-To: <20200610184147.GA1887@dcvr>

Hi Eric,

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 06:41:47PM +0000, Eric Wong wrote:

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> Hey all, I've been busy with public-inbox work this year.
> I started working on a read-only IMAP/IMAPS server, and I expect
> kernel.org to eventually host a v2 copy, too; and hopefully
> other folks get interested in mirroring.
> 
> For now, you can access git@vger archives through 8 IMAP
> mailboxes sliced into ~50K messages to not overload clients.
> They go from 0..7, with 7 being the most recent:
> 
> imaps://public-inbox.org/INBOX.comp.version-control.git.0
> imaps://public-inbox.org/INBOX.comp.version-control.git.1
> imaps://public-inbox.org/INBOX.comp.version-control.git.2
> imaps://public-inbox.org/INBOX.comp.version-control.git.3
> imaps://public-inbox.org/INBOX.comp.version-control.git.4
> imaps://public-inbox.org/INBOX.comp.version-control.git.5
> imaps://public-inbox.org/INBOX.comp.version-control.git.6
> imaps://public-inbox.org/INBOX.comp.version-control.git.7
> 
> When more messages show up,
> imaps://public-inbox.org/INBOX.comp.version-control.git.8
> should exist.
> 
> I've tested with mutt, offlineimap and mbsync (isync).
> 
> It's not yet complete (when is software ever?), but it's a
> usable start, I think.  Some more info about it over on
> meta@public-inbox.org:
> https://public-inbox.org/meta/20200609113442.GA16856@dcvr/
> https://public-inbox.org/meta/20200610070519.18252-1-e@yhbt.net/
> And maybe JMAP is coming, too...

Exciting news! Since I'm not actually subscribed to the mailing list, public-inbox has been integral in my workflow by letting me reply to messages that I'm not CC'd on. The IMAP gateway is a great development.

I fetched your message via IMAP just now ;)

-Denton