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[PATCH 0/5] Distributing substitutes over IPFS

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From: "Alex Griffin" <a <at> ajgrf.com>
To: 33899 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Distributing substitutes over IPFS
Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 14:51:42 -0400

Do I understand correctly that the only reason you don't just store nar files is for deduplication? Reading [this page][1] suggests to me that you might be overthinking it. IPFS already uses a content-driven chunking algorithm that might provide good enough deduplication on its own. It also looks like you can use your own chunker, so a future improvement could be implementing a custom chunker that makes sure to split nar files at the file boundaries within them.

[1]: https://github.com/ipfs/archives

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Alex Griffin

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