[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1543: rearrange share format to make downloads faster

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#1543: rearrange share format to make downloads faster
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     Reporter:  warner         |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major          |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  code-encoding  |    Version:  1.9.0a1
   Resolution:                 |   Keywords:  performance
Launchpad Bug:                 |
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Comment (by zooko):

 Replying to [comment:2 zooko]:
 >
 > Another alternative would be to start using multiple variable-length
 records (i.e. files) on the backend.

 I just noticed that Brian wrote some ideas about this in #600. He
 emphasized the important of keeping things together in a single file in
 order to ease moving shares around. I agree that this is an important
 reason, and it was one of the reasons uppermost on our minds back then.
 Nowadays I perceive this as not such a big deal -- shares get migrated
 rarely, and when they do a simple rsync does the right thing.

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