From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Wesley J. Landaker" Subject: Re: AX25 and related software's future in Debian Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 12:15:23 -0600 Message-ID: <201205231215.27327.wjl@icecavern.net> References: <20120504013200.GB3489@flying-gecko.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart8365499.XC849Pcid2"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20120504013200.GB3489@flying-gecko.net> Resent-Message-ID: List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: To: debian-hams@lists.debian.org Cc: Patrick Ouellette , linux-hams@vger.kernel.org --nextPart8365499.XC849Pcid2 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday, May 03, 2012 19:32:00 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 > can compile the ax25 stack for my use, and not have to put up with the > baggage Debian requires. >=20 > The question I have for the lists - is there really any interest in > having ham radio software, particularly libax25 and the tools/utils in > Debian? I know if it disappears from Debian it affects all Debian > derived distros (like Ubuntu for instance). I do not use any ax25 software at the moment, but I've always had it on my= =20 list of interesting things to try: back when I was younger (I wasn't a ham= =20 at the time) I helped a friend of mine set up packet radio software on his= =20 computer. About ham radio software in general, I do use a lot of other ham radio=20 software packaged in Debian. In general I'm surprised that there isn't more= =20 overlap between the ham radio and free/open-source software communities. =2D W5OSS --nextPart8365499.XC849Pcid2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk+9KTsACgkQ8KmKTEzW49K1QwCfTFKsknekxT4R2dxJ4rUCYuFp j/gAnicsk2xF4WIqs5tvzCK9GS8+LMAo =qjtj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart8365499.XC849Pcid2--