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[RFC PATCH 0/3] Decentralized substitute distribution with ERIS

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From: pukkamustard <pukkamustard <at> posteo.net>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
Cc: ~pukkamustard/eris <at> lists.sr.ht, 52555 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#52555] [RFC PATCH v2 4/5] publish: Add support for storing ERIS encoded blocks to IPFS.
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 10:24:48 +0000

Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> writes:

> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> pukkamustard schreef op di 25-01-2022 om 19:22 [+0000]:
>> +                    (let ((eris-urn _
>> +                                    (eris-encode port
>> +                                                 #:block-size
>> +                                                 %eris-block-size-large
>> +                                                 #:block-reducer
>> +                                                 guix-eris-block-reducer)))
>> +                      (uri->string eris-urn))))))))
>
> IIUC (and quite probably I don't, because I've only being reading
> things cursorly), eris-encode returns #false when the IPFS daemon is
> down (because then guix-eris-block-reducer returns #false).

No, eris-encode will still return the ERIS URN. The blocks will just not
be stored in IPFS if the IPFS daemon is not running. See also my
response to the questions on guix-eris-block-reducer in (guix eris).

-pukkamustard

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