Re: ITP: xastir
On Sat, Nov 27, 1999 at 09:12:14AM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> I will attempt to package xastir, a Linux clone of WinAPRS from kc0dge.
> The latest snapshot is under the GNU license and the author has
> modified the Makefile includes so it is now Debian-friendly. Version
> 0.1.3 is running fine for me on potato and should be released very soon.
>
> I'll need a sponsor to upload it, unless the freeze on new maintainers
> ends soon.
I'm happy to sponsor your packages.
> Is there any interest in a package of wa4dsy's aprsd? It is very Red
> Hat-specific but I hacked at it a bit and finally got it to compile and
> am running it on my internet gateway (slink) box. It would be
> non-free, since there is one binary-only file (the rest is under the
> GNU license).
I have looked at it in the past but never installed it due to the
(IMHO) messy installation procedure. A package would be interesting.
My present APRS gateway is using the soundmodem and hence needs aprsd
to use Linux AX.25 instead of talking direct to the TNC though,
so I can't run it.
> Hamish, I still intend to do something with mtrack. I had some
> hardware problems and put it aside for a while. I hope to get back to
> it next week and downloaded version 0.2.2 a few days ago.
Sounds good. I was working on a curses interface at one stage and
haven't gotten back to it.
Hamish
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