Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc: recommend lore.kernel.org over public-inbox.org

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 28, 2019, 22:17 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1911282315570.31080@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <20191128194829.GA15521@dcvr>

Hi Eric,

On Thu, 28 Nov 2019, Eric Wong wrote:

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> 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?

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

Thanks, Dscho