[darcs-users] Digital Fountain Codes for Patch Distribution

Max Battcher me at worldmaker.net
Thu Nov 20 04:03:50 UTC 2008


Trent W. Buck wrote:
> If I've understood correctly, it sounds more appropriate to add to
> libcurl than Darcs.

Or for use in a specialized DARCS_GET_FOO/DARCS_MGET_FOO toolkit?

It got me to wondering about the potential benefits of a quick and dirty 
DARCS_GET_TORRENT/DARCS_MGET_TORRENT toolkit.  I think the overhead 
outweighs the benefits for most repositories, but something crazy to 
think about...

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