[nzlug] Ubuntu Mirrors? (was International traffic really slow)

[Martin Bähr]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 05:54:17PM +1300, Robin Sheat wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 October 2007 17:19:11 Jack Pivac wrote:
> > To avoid the rush it might pay to grab the RC now, then use jidgo to
> > build the full iso off your RC :)
> Would that work? If there was a change that changed the size of one package, 
> then all the others would move to accommodate, and most of the image would be 
> different - or is jidgo smarter than bittorrent in that respect?

jigdo goes by files. there are datafiles that contain a list of what
exactly is needed, and when you get the stuff for the new image, it can
figure out what you already have.

see: http://atterer.net/jigdo/#how

greetings, martin.
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