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

> 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.