Update base_version to 0.34~ for 0.34 development

[bup.git] / HACKING

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@@ -19,10 +19,21 @@ via email.
 Current Trajectory
 ==================
 
-Now that we've finished the 0.32 release, we're working on 0.33, and
+Now that we've finished the 0.33 release, we're working on 0.34, and
 although we're not certain which new features will be included, we're
 considering:
 
+  - Migrating hashsplitting to C.
+
+  - Automatically splitting trees to avoid having to save large tree
+    objects for large directories even if only a few files have
+    changed or been added (e.g. maildirs).
+
+  - Moving all of the compoents of the index to sqlite.  Right now the
+    main index is an mmapped file, and the hard link and metadata
+    databases are pickled.  As a result the index isn't transactional
+    and suffers from bugs caused by "skew" across the components.
+
   - Better VFS performance for large repositories (i.e. fuse, ls,
     web...).
 
@@ -38,8 +49,6 @@ considering:
 
   - Support for alternate remote storage APIs.
 
-  - Discontinuing Python 2 work, excepting perhaps some bugfixes.
-
 If you have the time and inclination, please help review patches
 posted to the list, or post your own.  (See "ways to help" below.)