[Ambassadors] Freemedia + Unity Re-Spins, Thoughts?

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

Neville A. Cross wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:39 AM, Frank Murphy
> <frankly3d at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>> Looking for thoughts on this.
>>
>> What would the Freemedia\Ambassadors think,
>> if we cannot include Unity-Respins as full Project sponsored spins.
>> Could we try work on them as an upgrade option.
>>
>>
>> John (inode) voiced something similar previously:
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2009-January/msg00198.html
>>
>> Where requester is sent the Official Media,
>> and the closest Unity-spin to the request date.
>>
>> It will cost ambassadors a bit extra on media\time\p+p.
>> But it will save the requester time\money, and
>> give them a fairly concurrent box.
>>
>> If feedback is positive, would others be willing to help me bring this
>> forward, to the relevant groups\committees?
>>
>> Frank
>>
> 
> I am a newcomer to the free media program, since December 2008. I am
> here to help. At this point I have more questions than opinions. Sure
> there are some historical background that is unknown for me. I think
> it is better to ask early than to complain later. I will love to be
> able to distribute media up-to-date, to save people (me included) from
> having to download 500+ Mb to update a fresh install. Specially where
> internet connections does not help much to speed update.
> 
>  It is Unity re-spin official fedora?
> 

The Fedora Unity Re-Spins are not official Fedora media, but we do have 
trademark approval from the board so that it can be called "Fedora".

> Unity re-spin is available using jigdo, or at least it seems to be.
> Why there is no jigdo for official media?
> 

Actually there is jigdo's for the official media.

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen
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