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Re: Packaging big generated data files?


From: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli
Subject: Re: Packaging big generated data files?
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 18:19:24 +0100

On Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:46:51 +0100
Csepp <raingloom@riseup.net> wrote:
> Could ZIM files be downloaded over bittorrent as fixed output
> derivations?  They can be pretty huge.  Also if the system started
> seeding them as well, that would be pretty cool.
I've no idea how to generate fixed output derivations.

As for BiTorrent, ZIM files provided by kiwix can be downloaded over
it. As for using that in packages, all I found in Guix (beside
packages) was a Transmission service and associated test(s). So I guess
that would needs to be added.

Denis.

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