Re: Software Heritage & Guix

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi!

Giovanni Biscuolo <address@hidden> skribis:

> mikadoZero <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès writes:
>>
>>> ... 
>>> 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’s IPFS or something else doesn’t matter much.  It’s largely an
organizational matter more than a technical one.

Ludo’.