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From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To: meta@public-inbox.org
Subject: Switching to extindex
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:59:58 -0600
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The public-inbox installation used by LWN has been working great for
years, with the result that I didn't update it for years.  I've recently
replaced that server, though, and moved to 1.9 in the process.  I'm
trying to switch over to the extindex mode, but could use some help.

I"ve run public-inbox-extindex --all and waited a few days; once I
figured out that I also need to have it running with --watch, things
*seem* to be working well.

My understanding is that I can now get rid of the per-inbox indexing and
get a bunch of disk space back, and I would like to do that.  This,
though, is the step that I've not been able to figure out.  Which files
can I remove, and how do I tell public-inbox to not recreate them?

Thanks,

jon