for the first time, i'd like to download the fedora 8 x86_64 re-spin and, to be frank, there's not a single web page i've found that tells me how to use jigdo to do it. i've perused the tutorials and HOWTOs at fedoraunity.org and followed links, and i'm now fairly conversant on the rationale behind re-spins and why jigdo was developed and a whole lot of other stuff but i've yet to find a single page that says, "oh, you want a re-spin? follow these steps." seriously, this is what i think has been a fundamental failing of a lot of online fedora documentation -- the notion of a simple "recipe": do these things, and you will get what you want. instead, there's typically a great deal of philosophical substantiation, while the poor reader is just sitting there, thinking, "well, yeah, but i just want to *do* something, so how do i *do* it?" (it's sort of like, when i ask someone for the time, i want them to tell me the time, i don't need to be told how to build a watch.) so, really, when i decided to grab a re-spin, i figured to invest a minute or two googling, find the command, and run it. i'm still looking. why is it typically this time-consuming? rday ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================
