Comment by mcny

I want to take a quick detour here if anyone is knowledgeable about this topic.

> The hosting problems are symptoms. The underlying issue is that git inherits filesystem limitations, and filesystems make terrible databases.

Does this mean mbox is inherently superior to maildir? I really like the idea of maildir because there is nothing to compact but if we assume we never delete emails (on the local machine anyways), does that mean mbox or similar is preferable over maildir?