This is exactly what Eberhard said. But I still think jigdo is better than a script because a script has so many dependencies to additional tools
that it
is quite error prone for the average user. jigdo could be used even by a novice user that is capable of burning iso images on every platform.
I am afraid most people will still want to be able to have everything, no
matter if they use it or not. People are like that. They want to ahve, meaning feel or see them, so they know it is theirs.
Sure there are some of these people. But even then you don't have
jigdo is OK for me, but I think just as bad for the average user than a script. The same user group that can handle a script can handle jigdo ....... If you cannot handle a script, then you won't be able to handle jigdo either. The command line level is the same, I assume. the
packages duplicated on the FTP servers in the inst- source directory and the images.
Again, I like the idea. Just a bit afraid that ythe average person would think it to be strange/difficult.
I am sure it is not more difficult to explain jigdo to the average user than it is to explain how to burn ISO images.
I must admit I have not seen jigdo on windows, but I assume it is a command line of some sort? If it is I doubt what you say, just since I did work for an ISP helpdesk many years ago and the sort of user you get there is the one we will be getting with Linux's continued success. Such a user is seriously overloaded with the concept of a command line all together. Burning an iso is mainly a wizard driven thing today and is click click done ..... not so jigdo or a script. Both are just as complex. Those users are the ones that do not use bittorrent and will be hammering our servers. Correct me if I am making wrong assumptions in my conclusions. Andreas