Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> So you want to store it in a pack, fetchable?

Or wherever.  Main point was "reusable", but actually that depends on how=
 long it takes to build the cache (okay, i'll call it cache).

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>>> It also gives me a warm fuzzy feeling that no bogus "auxillary=20
>>> information" can be introduced by fetching from somewhere else. (It=20
>>> does not matter if intended or unintended.)
>> I agree on that.
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> So you agree we should _not_ store it in a pack, fetchable?

I agree that it had advantages if you can opt out.

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> So, if you _do_ have it in a pack, fetchable, what happens if you=20
> regenerated it locally, fixing a flaw, but then fetch it from somewhere=
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> else, where the flaw possibly still exists, what do you do?

the same what happens if you repack a pack locally.  the pack won't be re=
-fetched, thus your data won't be overwritten.

cheers
  simon

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