For years, Linux users simply get the tar ball of source at the bottom
of the web page. That is more than perfect. Bill wrote many many
times that the recommended method is to always build from that source
tar ball. Myself and many others have created build scripts for
various flavors of Linux.
Each flavor of Linux already has volunteers that are building "packages"
to be placed in the repositories. Which gives Linux users two different
choices to install.
With all that said, Linux users just need that tar ball. Is it my
understanding that we will not have access to that tar ball moving
forward? If not, how can I help?
On 12/8/21 12:25 PM, Joe Taylor via wsjt-devel wrote:
Dear WSJT-X Users:
As most of you know, we are mourning the recent death of our friend
and colleague Bill Somerville, G4WJS, who since 2013 has contributed
so much to the WSJT project.
One of Bill's many WSJT-related tasks was creating installation
packages for Win32, Win64, Linux (Debian, Fedora, Raspberry Pi, ...),
and macOS for each new program release. At present we have a
straightforward system for building the Win64 package -- the best
choice for the majority of WSJT-X users -- but no systems in place for
building Win32, Linux, and macOS packages.
WSJT-X 2.5.3 includes a feature of special interest to users who will
enter the ARRL January VHF Contest (January 15-17, 2022). For benefit
of those users, we have decided to release WSJT-X version 2.5.3 for
Win64 even though we have not yet made prebuilt packages for the other
operating systems.
Differences between WSJT-X 2.5.2 and 2.5.3 are minimal and described
in the Release Notes:
https://physics.princeton.edu//pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt
The new feature for the ARRL VHF contests is an enhanced macro
facility for Tx messages, aimed at making it easier to ask another
station to QSY to a new band. The feature is described briefly here
in the User Guide:
https://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main-2.5.3.html#TXMACROS
Additional information will likely appear on VHF-contest-related forums.
A link for the Win64 installation package for WSJT-X 2.5.3 is now
available on the WSJT-X web page:
https://physics.princeton.edu//pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html
Pre-built packages for Win32, Linux, and macOS will be added when we
have created new means for creating them.
-- 73 from Joe, K1JT; Steve, K9AN; and Nico, IV3NWV
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