Gerd wrote:
>
> Hello Joop, hello all,
>
> > >
> > > Indeed, the programs
> > >
> > > setcrystal
> > > sethdlc
> > > smdiag
> > > smmixer
> > >
> > > are missing in ax25-utils_2.1.42a-5.deb.
> > >
> >
> > The programs you mention above need the xforms library.
> > Because xforms has a license problem, leaving these programs in the
> > debian ax25-utils package would cause the utils to end up in the
> > contrib section. Craig decided to leave them out, so the ax25-utils
> > could go in the main debian distribution.
Certainly not. Check the facts before claiming things...
> Really all those programs? I am not sure since sethdlc, setcrystal
> and smmixer are simply command line based programs.
> Only smdiag is X Window based. So I am not sure that all the
> aforementioned programs really use XForms.
Indeed, you are right, all these programs do not require XForms,
smdiag is a plain Xlib program.
The only programs that require xforms are called xf*
And I've stated at least 10 times that I have FLTK
replacements for all of them, and if there was an ax25 utils
maintainer he would have gotten them 1.5 years ago or so.
Tom
