On 17/01/2016 10:44, Richard Bown wrote: > We seem to have a literacy problem on this list which I'm getting very hacked > off about > > I realise that English is a language that sounds the same but since getting > Websterised > on the American continental mass no longer translates to the same meaning. > > But if the original post was properly read I was offering help to Paul, not > trying encroach on the > PPA kingdoms.. > And while having a moan, how about the option on wsjtx without hamlib, there > are still a few hams > that know which end of the soldering iron gets hot and build our own > transceivers, and dont wish to > make them remote controlled > But your answer does explain why for so long the only prebuilt wsjt package > available to linux > users has been 5.9, one rule for linux and another for windows Hi Richard,
I will try and address the many issues you raise there. We understand what you are trying to do but please listen as well as tell. The issue with "unauthorized" distributions is a long standing one where some who monitor this list and learn how to build WSJT-X like to feed the constant demand for the latest and greatest tweaks to the application. We are quite happy with those who do that for their own consumption and happier still if they keep up to date and feedback their input so long a it is focused and helpful. Unfortunately we also get a lot of "such and such build doesn't work, it's not good enough, fix it NOW!". When the build in question is one of the developers work in progress being shared with other developers, not expected to work, a step on the way to a future enhancement, it becomes very wearing and consumes scarce development resources that are much better spent on what they were trying to complete before the interruption. You are clearly not in the above category but excuse us if we ask that all honour the GPLv3 licence that covers WSJT-X and refrain from offering binary distributions without permission from the copyright holder. Personally I think Greg went a bit far and it may seem like he is trying to stop you helping Paul. OTOH I can understand his frustration as both you and Paul seem to be ignoring the good advice on how to resolve his issue. The underlying message from Greg is that WSJT-X builds on the Raspberry Pi2 are just fine, several users have completed them and are running the application. The errors are simply due to resource limitations. With respect to the errors, can Paul or anyone who is trying to help him, give us some feedback. Is he doing a parallel build (-j)? Has he tried a sequential build (no -j)? Has he tried increasing the virtual memory limit for the process running the build? Has the issue been resolved? With respect to Hamlib, WSJT-X is build with Hamlib support, with HRD support, with DX Lab Suite support, and on Windows with OmniRIg support. You also have the option to select "None" for CAT control if you do not have a rig with CAT capabilities. What is your problem specifically? With respect to WSJT, the development focus has shifted to WSJT-X and MAP65. These two applications will probably provide all the best functionality from WSJT and WSPR but this is an evolutionary process and it takes time. The main interest of the development team is experimentation and sharing the results of their labours with the community. WSJT is maintained but it does not get the volume of input that WSJT-X currently gets. There are only so many who have the time, skills and willingness to contribute at the development level and working on all the applications at once is not possible. One of my goals in my early contributions was to make building and packaging across at least Linux, OS X and Windows seamless and possible with every release. I chose to do this with WSJT-X which is why WSJT-X has much better cross platform support than the other applications which rely on Joe doing the builds and maintenance himself. If you want to help with packaging WSJT and helping with maintenance and enhancements then do that rather than complaining that packages are not being produced. 73 Bill G4WJS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=267308311&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
