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Subject: Re: [GNUnet-developers] Using GNUnet for binary package distribution
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:25:36 +0100
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To: Sree Harsha Totakura <totakura@in.tum.de>
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Hi,

Sree Harsha Totakura <totakura@in.tum.de> skribis:

> For authentication, we intend to use GPG with gnunet-update.  The idea
> is that the gnunet-updater would search for updates using GNUnet's File
> Sharing service and downloads meta-data files.  It then verifies if the
> meta-data files are signed by a trusted key (which is user-configurable)
> and proceeds with the download of actual binaries.

OK.  Wouldn=E2=80=99t using the AFS service be a bottleneck, in terms of
availability and bandwidth?  My impression is that it might be OK for
small updates like those of GNUnet itself, but not for a full distro.

For Guix, downloading binaries is an option that is only worthwhile if
it=E2=80=99s faster than building locally.

Ludo=E2=80=99.