l2md: add todo file to keep track of future improvements
Add two more suggestions from Konstantin with regards to using the
manifest file for checking updates and epoch roll-over.
Suggested-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
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+- Add option to use manifest file from https://lore.kernel.org/manifest.js.gz
+ instead of periodically probing git fetch to check for new mail. This would
+ allow to compare "fingerprint" or "modified" entries to see if the repos
+ actually changed. The "fingerprint" entry is just `git show-ref | sha1sum`,
+ which is deterministic.
+
+- Using the manifest file will additionally help to automatically recognize
+ epoch roll-over. It does not happen very frequently, but it does happen --
+ 0.git will eventually stop being updated and become 1.git, etc. Relying on
+ the manifest, one will be able to automatically recognize when such event
+ occurs and therefore it wouldn't need to be manually enabled in the l2md
+ configuration file.
