> 3) For any file object where the content is in the catalog (i.e. we're > using content =>) then we should pass along the appropriate type of > hash in the catalog. > > There's been talk, periodically, of always referring to files in the compiled catalog using the hash, and pulling the file contents out of some content-addressed system (like the filebucket service or something similar) - there are some other wins that come from this beyond the possible performance gain; for example, it makes catalogs more transactional (in the database sense) : a URL for a file download from a http server has no guarantee that you'll always retrieve the same content, but a MD5 (or SHA, etc) always refers to the same data.
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