From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: Re: Software Heritage & Guix Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 23:27:40 +0200 Message-ID: <87tvfeok37.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87wokh8y4p.fsf@gnu.org> <871s2n0zxn.fsf@gnu.org> <87h8bfh58q.fsf@roquette.mug.biscuolo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:54209) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hBnQI-0000GI-HE for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Apr 2019 17:27:55 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87h8bfh58q.fsf@roquette.mug.biscuolo.net> (Giovanni Biscuolo's message of "Wed, 03 Apr 2019 10:17:57 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Giovanni Biscuolo Cc: Guix-devel Hi! Giovanni Biscuolo skribis: > mikadoZero writes: > >> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: >> >>> ...=20 >>> Long-term archival is something that cannot be left to peer-to-peer >>> networks: > > I disagree here: P2P/decentralized archival is a _resilient_ archival > method and is _not_ in contrast with long-term: a group of users > (including institutions at various levels) can decide that some or all > of a "decentralized Software Heritage" archive deserves availability > guarantees :-) My point is: the availability guarantee stems from the commitment of a non-profit to provide the infrastructure and to sustain it. Whether it=E2=80=99s IPFS or something else doesn=E2=80=99t matter much. It=E2=80= =99s largely an organizational matter more than a technical one. Ludo=E2=80=99.