GNU bug report logs - #33899
[PATCH 0/5] Distributing substitutes over IPFS

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 23:14:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

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Message #65 received at 33899 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Hector Sanjuan <code <at> hector.link>
To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
Cc: Antoine Eiche <lewo <at> abesis.fr>,
 Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>,
 "go-ipfs-wg\\@ipfs.io" <go-ipfs-wg <at> ipfs.io>,
 "33899\\@debbugs.gnu.org" <33899 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Distributing substitutes over IPFS
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:21:29 +0000
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Monday, July 15, 2019 12:10 PM, Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz> wrote:

> Héctor mentioned a possible issue with the IPLD manifest growing too big
> (in case of too many files in a package), that is, above 2MB.
> Then we would need to implement some form of sharding.
>
> Héctor, do you confirm? Any idea on how to tackle this elegantly?
>

Doing the DAG node the way I proposed it (referencing a single root) should be
ok... Unless you put too many executable files in that list, it should largely
stay within the 2MB limit.


--
Hector






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