network/ipfs-pack: Adde (FS and packing tool for IPFS).

Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>

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+IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) is a hypermedia p2p protocol suite
+that has HTTP gateway built in.  It can be used to store any kind of
+immutable datasets, organized in files, directories, and commits.
+
+For more information, check out go-ipfs (which is central package for
+IPFS, but not a direct dependency for ipfs-pack).
+
+ipfs-pack is a tool and library to work with ipfs and large
+collections of data in UNIX/POSIX filesystems.
+
+It identifies singular collections or bundles of data (the pack).
+
+It creates a light-weight cryptographically secure manifest that
+preserves the integrity of the collection over time, and travels
+with the data (PackManifest).
+
+It helps use ipfs in a mode that references the filesystem files
+directly and avoids duplicating data (filestore).
+
+It carries a standard dataset metadata file to capture and present
+information about the dataset (data-package.json).
+
+It helps verify the authenticity of data through a file carrying
+cryptographic signatures (PackAuth).