Sponsor Request: jigdo

[Michael Peters]

On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 17:08 -0400, Chuck R. Anderson wrote:
> I'd like to import jigdo into CVS.  I've built and tested this on FC3. 
> It won't build on FC4--perhaps someone can help me with that.
> 
> Jigsaw Download, or short jigdo, is a tool designed to ease the
> distribution of very large files over the internet, for example CD or
> DVD images.  Its aim is to make downloading the images as easy for
> users as a click on a direct download link in a browser, while
> avoiding all the problems that server administrators have with hosting
> such large files.  It accomplishes this by using the separate pieces
> of any big file (such as the files contained within a CD/DVD image) to
> create a special "template" file which makes reassembly of the big
> file very easy for users who only have the pieces.

I would personally like to see it in Extras.