I've sent a direct email to Havoc on his work account about the list being missing. I'll let you know if I get anything back.
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 13:45, Charles Suprin <[email protected]> wrote: > Ubuntu Developer Folks, > > I was not sure where to send this but it seemed more a developer > question than a general ubuntu-hams question. It came up as a bug in > gpredict on another distribution. It seems long term detrimental to > all hamradio apps on the linux desktop. > > The desktop standards are changing and for the worse with regards to > amateur radio. Ubuntu 10.10 supports a HamRadio category in desktop > environment. This was consistent with > <http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-0.7.html>. > However looking ahead to > <http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/menu-spec-1.0.html>, > HamRadio is supposed to be associated with network or audio. If ubuntu > enforces this then we will be in the same boat as other distributions > already are. > > The concern is that this does not really cover all the amateur radio > software out there. Logging software does not fall under audio or > networking, xlog cqrlog and others come to mind. Neither does > propagation modeling software or celestial body propagation software. > Further more where does rig control software fit. > > Additionally the link to the xdg mailing list for discussion of this > is not working for me. > <http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/menu-spec?action=show&redirect=Standards%2Fmenu-spec> > > Is there anyone who knows regularly works with this standards body > would would be interested in furthering a solution for amateur radio > applications? Does anyone have the right information for the mailing > list? Does anyone know why the HamRadio category was dropped? > > Respectfully, > > Charles Suprin > AA1VS > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams-devel > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams-devel > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams-devel Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams-devel More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
