how to deal with large data files

[Joshua Root]

On 2019-3-28 10:17 , Renee Otten wrote:
> I am looking for some advice on how to deal with a port that will only
> download a large data set (~5GB),
> see https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/3904. I assume we do
> not necessarily want to have that stored on the MacPorts distfile
> mirrors… correct? One way to accomplish this, I think, is to make it
> non-distributable, even though the license would allow so. Is there a
> preferred way of doing this or are there no concerns with a port like this? 

Does this single data file need to be managed by MacPorts at all? Adding
a note telling users where to download it from and where to put it might
be fine.

As a port, even if it's not mirrored, it's still going to be taking up
gigabytes per OS version on the builders and in the private archives.

- Josh