John Summerfield spake the following on 4/16/2007 4:11 PM: > Scott Silva wrote: > >>> >> Bitorrent has one advantage over jigdo AFAIR -- Jigdo uses the >> bandwidth of >> the mirrors to get all downloads, but bittorrent uses the bandwidth of >> the >> downloaders. This adds up to significant savings to the one hosting >> the files, >> because storage is an occasional purchase, where bandwidth is a >> monthly expense. > > Ask internet access providers what they prefer; here, they commonly set > up local mirrors for their users. Jigdo will use these, and the user's > choice. > > OTOH bitttorrent will get stuff from uncontrolled locations and IAPs pay > time and again again. > > I can't imagine bittorrent provides _any_ advantage over jigdo plus > one's IAP's mirror. I am in Perth, Western Australia, where I can choose > between (at least) two local mirrors. > > And Jigdo would have been enormously helpful in updating beta to final > (provided packages were not needlessly rebuilt), all the unchanged > packages could be used from the beta images. > > I can also use it to construct a DVD image from my CDs. > > I was just thinking of the bandwidth that the CentOS team doesn't have to pay for with bittorrent. But I do agree that jigdo is a better system for the end-user and for those with pricey last-mile connections, or you in Perth, where you probably have to pay for anything that crosses the ocean. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!