Re: Git-LFS or Git Annex?

[indieterminacy <indieterminacy@libre.brussels>]

Hello,

On 24-01-2024 16:22, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I’m looking for ways to incorporate videos into the repositories of our
> web sites so they’re content-addressed and properly tracked, and to 
> make
> it easier to create backups (right now those videos are stored on our
> two main servers and rsynced between them⁰; I’m talking about the 
> videos
> at guix.gnu.org, 10years.guix.gnu.org, and hpc.guix.info).
> 
> The question boils down to: Git-LFS or Git Annex?
> 
> From a quick look (I haven’t used them), Git-LFS seems to assume a
> rather centralized model where there’s an LFS server sitting next to 
> the
> Git server¹.  Git Annex looks more decentralized, allowing you to have
> several “remotes”, to check the status of each one, to sync them, etc.²
> Because of this, Git Annex seems to be a better fit.
> 
> Data point: guix.gnu.org source is hosted on Savannah, which doesn’t
> support Git-LFS; the two other web sites above are hosted on GitLab
> instances, which I think do support Git-LFS.
> 
> What’s your experience?  What would you suggest?
> 

In an ideal world I would be encouraging Guix to be operating its own 
Peertube instance,
so that the aforementioned videos can be operating within the Fediverse:
https://joinpeertube.org/
https://docs.joinpeertube.org/

Alas, looking at the list of dependencies makes me wonder how long this 
would take:
https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/blob/develop/package.json#L86
https://docs.joinpeertube.org/support/doc/dependencies#other-distributions

> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
> 
> ⁰ 
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix/maintenance.git/tree/hydra/berlin.scm#n193
> ¹ https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/wiki/Tutorial
> ² https://git-annex.branchable.com/walkthrough/

It would be nice if there was an alternative Peertube instance 
technology in a language we have more comprehensive packaging (than 
Typescript).
I havent heard of anything, hopefully something will pop up during 
FOSDEM/OFFDEM, Brussels.
There should be enough Fediverse technologists at Caldarium (who will be 
hosting us for the Guix Days dinner on the Friday),
I shall try to remember to ask people.


-- 
Jonathan McHugh
indieterminacy@libre.brussels