On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 07:17:12PM +0100, Marius Bakke wrote: > ng0 <contact....@cryptolab.net> writes: > > > I want to slowly package OONI (https://ooni.torproject.org/). > > One of its dependencies, txtorcon, requires python-geoip which > > depends on geoip-c-api. I've got both covered, but both of them > > want (either to download or to be present) for tests (a/the) > > legacy database file of maxmind. > > > > Question 1: Can we distribute the database in a source? I can't > > access the homepage of maxmind for cloudflare reasons. > > The database is distributed freely under cc-by-sa4.0: > > https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/legacy/geolite/#License > > So packaging it should be fine. :)
This actually raises the issue of packaging large data files (we are getting into TB's). Could there be a way Guix fetches external datasets as part of the distribution? I think that if it is not executable code and SHA values/pfff values match it would be safe to do. Idea? That is a first step towards reproducible analysis. Pj. --
