Hi Joe & group--

First of all, many thanks for this amazing software. We are doing things that would have been considered science fiction at one time.

Using Bill's instructions with some minor tweaks and additions, I've been compiling on Debian Linux for several years.

I have a B.S. CSci, and have worked in IT for over 25 years. Mainly programming web and database technologies (LAMP stack), and more recently Python, admin and security.

I make no changes to the source, mainly I just want the most current version on Debian, and the ability to test multiple versions. I wish I had time to study the source more, since I did coursework in c/c++ (and even Fortran back in the day).

73, KD0KZE / Paul

On 4/25/22 10:29, Joe Taylor via wsjt-devel wrote:
When I started work on WSJT some 21 years ago, my principal goal was to help bring amateur weak-signal communication techniques into the twenty-first century -- and in doing so, to help spread knowledge of modern communication theory into the amateur radio community.

By 2005 WSJT was well established but mostly used for special purposes like meteor scatter and EME ("moonbounce").  A stable development path had been established: the program was fully Open Source, licensed under the GNU General Public License, and it could be built by anyone from source code using freely available compilers and development tools.  At this time WSJT was coded in a combination of Python, Fortran, and C.  A re-write in 2012 created the present program, WSJT-X, using the Qt platform and C++ language in addition to Fortran and C.

To help gauge the extent to which my original educational goals are being met, we in the core development team are interested to know how many WSJT-X users are currently building the program for themselves, from source code.  If you are doing so, we would appreciate an email response -- either publicly, to this list, or in a private email to me. All responses will be appreciated, but particular things you might want to mention in your message include these:

  - Building on what platform?  Windows, Linux, macOS, or other?

  - What are your particular programming skills and interests?

  - Are you making changes to the code?  If so, toward what end?

  - What portions of the code have you studied well enough to understand?

Many thanks -- I look forward to hearing from you!

     -- 73, Joe, K1JT


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