Re: [9fans] Question about fossil

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

> It is all a changing of thinking - for example, never truncate logfiles,
> as truncating them actually uses more space in venti than just letting them grow.
>
> never worry about cloneing large directories, its (almost) free.

in my mind these are not related to the content-addressed storage feature
of venti, but rather the idea that storage is practically infinite.

> if you have big files you don't want to keep in venti use chmod -t on them
> to stop archiving (keep the file in fossil only). This means they are not backed up
> in venti but I find it helpful for things like downloaded ISO files where they
> can be easily regenerated.

keeping the fact that storage is infinte in mind, i don't understand +t.
it breaks the model, without a big benefit.  the n/other model announces
itself as non-archived storage, and won't be lost if fossil is recovered from
archive.

- erik