[CLUE-Tech] Re: Jigdo [was: CD burning]

[David Anselmi]

Matt Gushee wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 01:52:22PM -0700, Sean LeBlanc wrote:
> 
>>On 02-16 12:07, David Anselmi wrote:
>>
>>>I use jigdo regularly.  It is an important tool for the debian mirror 
>>>admins, but for other mirrors or end users isn't so significant (other 
>>>than indirectly by making mirroring easier).
> 
> 
> You don't think so? The impression I got from the docs was that people
> who want to be good citizens really ought to use jigdo rather than
> downloading whole ISOs (at least in the future once it is more mature).
> 

Yes, jigdo makes life easier for the mirrors so good citizens will use 
it.  And it does save time updating a Sarge CD every week.

For mirrors that want to provide a pile of packages, and isos with those 
packages on them, jigdo is a reasonable solution.  For sites that only 
provide files in one form, it isn't useful.

Dave