Hi Dan, Don't cancel your order. What I understand from Gerald is that he is trying to hit a happy medium between the tinkerers and the users. I have heard several people who have read the reflector say that the radio has too many bugs for them. I think the open discussion on the reflector sometimes gives the wrong impression, and Gerald is trying to mitigate this and hit a happy medium. I think that the Alpha versions will be on the SVN server, but the Beta versions will still be public. Quoting Gerald in his email:
We will publish Beta on our public site when sufficient features warrant and when we have rung it out with those of you who want to Alpha test. 73, Tom W0IVJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I have a Flex on order,.. It is due to ship in a couple of three weeks. > >Part of my purchasing decision was to have ready access to source and Beta >releases. > >I'll call Gerald Monday moring and explain that he can cancel my order if I >have to deal with SVN. > >So there! IS that a simple enough business decision for Gerald? > >-Dan K6KDK > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dale Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Don AE5K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 8:35 AM >Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Am I Missing Something? Or Is Everyone? > > > > >>I must agree with Don on this. I really like using and playing with the >>beta versions. It is the joy of experimenting that makes the SDR unique. >>There needs to be an easier way to download and use the beta versions. I >>also agree with Gerald along the lines of business sense. One has to >>present the SDR as stable and ready to go to the majority of operators. >>That being said, I still like the idea of easy downloads of beta versions. >>73, >>Dale AA5XE >> >>Don AE5K wrote: >> >> >> >>>At the risk of getting my hands slapped (yes, this list now has a bunch >>>of "Thou Shall Nots..." which are hard to keep up with)... >>> >>>In a recent communication to this list, Gerald wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>That is to publish BOTH the source and the executable code on >>>>the SVN server and you will have access. You do NOT need to compile any >>>>code to get and run the latest. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Sounds good! >>> >>>So, I believed Gerald and decided to try out the very latest "alpha". I >>>am sorely unexperienced with Subversion, but have TortoiseSVN installed >>>on my Windows 2000 machine that I've been using in the past to run >>>PowerSDR. Briefly, here are my experiences last evening: >>> >>>1. Made a directory to hold the svn stuff and clicked on the only thing >>>I could find that would download from the URI given by Tim E. the other >>>day. Lucky I have a DSL connection out here in the boondocks of the >>>Ozarks ... it took more than several minutes. Ended up with 95.9 MB >>>(with 172 MB of disk space taken up) in the directory, including 5660 >>>files and 714 folders! >>> >>>2. Made my way to the "release" folder under trunk->bin and found a >>>"powersdr.exe". Clicking on it started up the "wisdom" program for a >>>few minutes. Then, instead of starting up the PowerSDR console, it told >>>me of a fatal error: "File or assembly name >>>Microsoft.DirectX.DirectInput of one of its dependencies was not found" >>> >>>3. Copied powersdr.exe into it's own folder and started it. Now I >>>consistently get a fatal error which starts out: "The system cannot find >>>the file specified ... at >>>System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithShellExecuteEX (ProcessStartInfo >>>startInfo)" and continuing with 4 more lines similar. >>> >>>Even though I might be considered a "software type", my expertise is not >>>in the area of svn or MS Windows. >>> >>>It used to be simple to try a new beta version. Just download a couple >>>megabyte file and go. Gerald, it just isn't that way any more! >>> >>>What am I missing? (besides some files) Maybe some good directions on >>>how to use subversion and to properly execute the latest alpha? Or do >>>those who wish to try out the latest need to become software gurus? >>> >>>I can accept the shift ... but I feel many of us are now left out. >>> >>>73, >>>Don AE5K >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>FlexRadio mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >>>Archive Link: >>> >>> >http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ > > >>>FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>-- >> >> >>Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a >> >> >moment should it be left to irresponsible action. > > >>- George Washington >> >>-------------- next part -------------- >>An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>URL: >> >> >http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachments/20 >060416/db57734c/attachment.htm > > >>_______________________________________________ >>FlexRadio mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >>Archive Link: >> >> >http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ > > >>FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com >> >> >> >> > > >_______________________________________________ >FlexRadio mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz >Archive Link: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ >FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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