I hope the HAM-HOWTO remains.
Like many Linux users, I "find . -type f |xargs egrep -il ..." a HOWTO
mirrored directory structure to find any information on linux software.
Any way, besides the HAM-HOWTO, to convey HAM information for Linux would hint
that Linux was an after-thought.
While many view the HAM-HOWTO as HAM Radio advertising, I view it
unifying Linux and Ham Radio; so it is my main reference for HAM Radio
software in Linux.
The HAM-HOWTO should at least appear to be more recent than April 1, 1997.
To ease preparing documents, I write scripts to include numerous documents in
LaTeX, from which I port the LaTeX documents to other formats (like HTML and
postscript).
Because the HAM-HOWTO has not been updated in 2 years,
someone new should take over its maintenance.
I can think of a couple extra class HAMs who spend much time writing for the
HAM Radio community; eg, Dave Cherlin NS1Y, Bob Cromwell, ...
You might rename the HAM-HOWTO to HAM-RADIO-HOWTO.
HAM has contexts more than just radio; eg, I once thought HAM-HOWTO pertained
to the Debian ham distribution (Debian version 2.0 named after the character
Ham in Toy Story).
You might also include a table of contents up front.
> > I can't point you to any public references to changes in the organisation
> > and architecture of the LDP, because there are none. We don't have a
> public
> > face beyond the LDP home site. The discussions have been on the LDP
> mailing
> > list and amongst LDP authors.
>
> It would be nice to continue to have a ham radio presence within the LDP
> (other than the AX25-HOWTO). Terry, can you briefly synopsize the
> requirements that a HOWTO must conform to? Is the problem with the current
> HAM-HOWTO the lack of "how to" information?
>
> Would HOWTOs (actual "how to" documents) on more specific topics (e.g.,
> Satellite-Tracking-HOWTO, Morse-Code-HOWTO) be acceptable? Such documents
> would be useful in their own right and would provide a means of promoting
> ham radio within the LDP structure.
>
> Are ham radio applications a significant enough subset of Linux operation
> that a book within the LDP (a companion to the LUG, you might say) is
> reasonable?
>
> > > This is the "no-panacea" argument. Just because a method
> > may not be the
> >
> > Why spend very limited resources on doing something that I
> > believe will
> > produce an inferior result compared to some alternative?
>
> The software catalog is a useful thing, be it in the HAM-HOWTO, in other
> forms in the distribution (.rpm/.deb) or on the Web. But it would also be
> good to have a more step-by-step document for the ham new to Linux.
>
> > When it comes to trying to find people to help, I've already
> > tried that,
> > and received exactly one response, from Alan Crosswell, who
> > is primarily
> > responsible for the new version.
>
> Consider this your second response. :-) What needs to be done?
>
> Jon
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