[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1778: increase maximum mutable share size

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#1778: increase maximum mutable share size
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     Reporter:  davidsarah    |      Owner:  zooko
         Type:  defect        |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  1.9.2
    Component:  code-storage  |    Version:  1.9.1
   Resolution:  fixed         |   Keywords:  mutable large
Launchpad Bug:                |
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Comment (by warner):

 I'm cool with it. At this point, I somewhat prefer fixed-max-size
 advertisements over {{{min(MAXSIZE, remaining_disk_space)}}}, mostly
 because the latter will prevent uploads if the disk is full when the node
 is started (and the announcement produced), but then later frees up some
 space. Really, it's a tradeoff between delivering information ahead of
 time (in the announcement) versus discovering available space at the time
 of upload.

 I'm a little bit weirded out by the funny magic 69105TB limit (subtle in-
 jokes like that are cute, but at least one person is going to be flummoxed
 in the future trying to figure out why the limit is that particular number
 and not e.g. 69106TB). But I don't have any 70 petabyte mutable files that
 need uploading, nor do I anticipate anyone else having that need this
 decade, so I don't really care very much.

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Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/1778#comment:10>
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