From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kamal Mostafa Subject: Re: AX25 and related software's future in Debian Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 18:53:06 -0700 Message-ID: <1336096386.8506.17.camel@fourier> References: <20120504013200.GB3489@flying-gecko.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-f1hKiE3lICTQUqB7xvZj" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20120504013200.GB3489@flying-gecko.net> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Patrick Ouellette Cc: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org, debian-hams@lists.debian.org --=-f1hKiE3lICTQUqB7xvZj Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 21:32 -0400, Patrick Ouellette wrote: > I come to the lists mentally and physically exhausted from the > current struggle to defend the ham radio package node in the Debian > distribution. I also seem to be the only person interested in the > ax25 software (libax25, ax25-tools, ax25-xtools, and ax25-utils). > The situation with node has made me wonder why I am even bothering. I ca= n > compile the ax25 stack for my use, and not have to put up with the baggag= e > Debian requires. >=20 > The question I have for the lists - is there really any interest in havin= g > ham radio software, particularly libax25 and the tools/utils in Debian? Pat, there certainly is plenty of interest in keeping ham radio software alive in Debian and its derivatives. I will continue to stay out of the discussion about 'node' since I do not use it myself, but I can confidently state that many of the other AX25 packages you list below are important to a great many users, me included. In particular, I know that aprsd and xastir are quite popular with the Linux hams community. I, for one, very much appreciate your efforts to maintain the AX25 stack and other ham packages, Pat. Please do keep up your good work! 73 de KA6MAL -Kamal > I know if it disappears from Debian it affects all Debian derived distros > (like Ubuntu for instance). >=20 > Reverse depends output for libax25: > libax25 > Reverse Depends: aprsd (>=3D 1:2.2.5-13-5.1) > Reverse Depends: aprsdigi (>=3D 2.4.4-3.1) > Reverse Depends: ax25-apps (>=3D 0.0.8-rc2+cvs20120204-2) > Reverse Depends: ax25-tools (>=3D 0.0.10-rc2+cvs20120204-3) > Reverse Depends: ax25mail-utils (>=3D 0.11-6.1) > Reverse Depends: fbb (>=3D 7.04j-8.2) > Reverse Depends: libax25-dev (=3D 0.0.12-rc2+cvs20120204-2) > Reverse Depends: linamc (>=3D 2.0rc5-2) > Reverse Depends: node (>=3D 0.3.2-7.1) > Reverse Depends: xastir (>=3D 2.0.0-2+b1) > aprsd > aprsdigi > ax25-apps > ax25-tools > ax25mail-utils > fbb > libax25-dev > linamc > node > xastir >=20 >=20 > So, what inspiration can you give me to keep me from packing up the tent? >=20 > 73, >=20 > Pat NE4PO > --=20 > ,------------------------------------------------------------------------= -----. > > Patrick Ouellette | It is in pardoning that we are pardone= d. < > > pat(at)flying-gecko.net | -- Francis of Assisi = < > > Amateur Radio: NE4PO | = < > `------------------------------------------------------------------------= -----' >=20 >=20 --=-f1hKiE3lICTQUqB7xvZj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABCAAGBQJPozaCAAoJEHqwmdxYrXhZxzgP/2A7xxr8dwQKBERGqNQgYDQK F1qpb6i1+w8Qy28i1ks50eGVc7UOM5QNCkoKlAbAU9k3KgIWCZwURv3Jwj324yWJ AUZ7+9ExQ2+yVg9vguezDJvogyWo9t4yAdnJO4NwpVlkCEa5GZCvYD2cHPhRZ85G G1DNS9gMpwSG/0sn5AO7mHx5HHvOR4rX7wymgkdUF4C7s9/nIBF4r9I9o5CvtPAx EodoBCStNMsVeWA590ha8JeX9UOPYxFaqMU44Bd+Ox5suSezQF5Is1ERPKGdiNze PDsLrEoORsg0nTRt9Ta/KO6NaRQme7dGv0pd6hMl41igD/FgSj2G3swDNOap5s2i 2uR54uEyTbnG7s/aRNjNQJ3BWHUm9TRZmd01Mh0+Yq/xIN9hGrNwsQkl2rrI78G1 ve9ulW0WpXnE+dQuLWTU5bmI5pL2q2cs019c7bhJURM6Q1k6ItY/zcbdrDdW3o3P yJ01H9U0bjS5Bgri/fRnCsOhtJhyRucw8Rs19BXApYGxaVWfpT4QzfIl43GAcmOe H1NxueWTL9xbiDbIwlqUDJ0bLHGzjbELc+Nlpl/zgAitJ+ddz4NXshI7WOQ/iYAt 9cfKKFKZeov19WUur19UF8Fu1UbRBlYloqTAl2LtDqMashqK7my3m6UTHFaPm5W4 vmThoavmZD6OW9JARDSt =q24L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-f1hKiE3lICTQUqB7xvZj--