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Git. Seriously, git is, depending on your data model, possibly the best delta compression and sync model you can find. There pitfalls and sync issues to consider, but if it's just going to be published by one authority, git is a great solution.

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This is an interesting idea. I wanted to use p2p distribution to save bandwidth costs, but maybe I have to re-evaluate with git in mind.

Thanks for the idea!

Git can be immensely P2P, though there's a coordination problem that would be involved. There was an attempt at "Gittorrent" at one point, Don't know the current status or if there was ever a working prototype.

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