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From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] index + extindex interaction improvements
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Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> wrote:
> Some things which make -index less painful when auto-updating
> external indices.
> 
> "public-inbox-extindex --all" itself is still painfully slow
> with 50K inboxes, but I think that can only be used once for
> initialization and -index can be relied on for all incremental
> updates.

I've been wondering if --watch mode (using inotify) might be a
good idea for indexing in mirrors, too (or with -mda).

This would especially be helpful for those who want to keep
extindex directories owned by a separate user than the one
who writes to inboxes.