Re: AX25 and related software's future in Debian

["C.J. Adams-Collier" <cjac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sent from my PDP-11

On May 23, 2012, at 11:15 AM, "Wesley J. Landaker" <wjl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thursday, May 03, 2012 19:32:00 Patrick Ouellette wrote:
>> I come to the lists mentally and physically exhausted from the
>> current struggle to defend the ham radio package node in the Debian
>> distribution.  

Who have you been speaking with?  I know some people who know some people.

>> I also seem to be the only person interested in the
>> ax25 software (libax25, ax25-tools, ax25-xtools, and ax25-utils).

That makes at least two of us.

>> The situation with node has made me wonder why I am even bothering.  

Whatever the reason, it probably started like

We The People...

>> I
>> can compile the ax25 stack for my use, and not have to put up with the
>> baggage Debian requires.
>> 

It's pretty light baggage.

>> The question I have for the lists - is there really any interest in
>> having ham radio software, particularly libax25 and the tools/utils in
>> Debian? I know if it disappears from Debian it affects all Debian
>> derived distros (like Ubuntu for instance).

Ooh!  Ooh!  Me!  And KE7KML probably.


> I do not use any ax25 software at the moment, but I've always had it on my 
> list of interesting things to try: back when I was younger (I wasn't a ham 
> at the time) I helped a friend of mine set up packet radio software on his 
> computer.
> 

Nice.  I'd like to give it a try.


> About ham radio software in general, I do use a lot of other ham radio 
> software packaged in Debian. In general I'm surprised that there isn't more 
> overlap between the ham radio and free/open-source software communities.

Yeah.  They seem a natural fit to me.

> - W5OSS

KF7BMP

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