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Re: space compression (again)

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MUMartin Uecker <muecker@gmx.de>
Date
Apr 16, 2005, 14:39 UTC
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On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 12:11:43PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, C. Scott Ananian wrote:
> > 
> > So I guess I'll have to implement this and find out, won't I? =)
> 
> The best way to shup somebody up is always to just do it, and say "hey, I 
> told you so". It's hard to argue with numbers.

The right thing (TM) is to switch from SHA1 of compressed content for the complete monolithic file to a merkle hash tree of the uncompressed content. This would make the hash independent of the actual storage method (chunked or not). 

Martin
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One night, when little Giana from Milano was fast asleep,
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  4. Derek FawcusApr 15, 2005
  5. Linus TorvaldsApr 15, 2005
  6. Martin UeckerApr 16, 2005
  7. C. Scott AnanianApr 16, 2005
  8. Martin UeckerApr 16, 2005
  9. Martin UeckerApr 19, 2005
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