Re: [Elecraft] Contributing (wasRe: FT8 Upgrade)

2018-11-29 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Folks - Let's end this thread now as its exceeding our OT posting limit. 73, Eric Moderator (from to time to time..) /elecraft.com/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.

Re: [Elecraft] Contributing (wasRe: FT8 Upgrade)

2018-11-29 Thread Jim Brown
On 11/29/2018 11:27 AM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: Running beta software, but not reporting results (good and bad) isn't making a major contribution. Not true -- those who do take the time to report results need someone to work, and users of the new version can only work other users of the

Re: [Elecraft] Contributing (wasRe: FT8 Upgrade)

2018-11-29 Thread Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT
Running beta software, but not reporting results (good and bad) isn't making a major contribution. Less-than-helpful testers is a major problem for developers, which is why some resort to software that reports by itself, and beta versions that quit running on a particular date. Developers wo

Re: [Elecraft] Contributing (wasRe: FT8 Upgrade)

2018-11-29 Thread Steve Witt
On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 01:45:37AM -0800, Jim Brown wrote: > On 11/29/2018 1:09 AM, Richard Lamont wrote: > > The -rc* versions are release candidates, i.e. beta packages for > > testing. People who use them are expected to report any anomalies they > > find on the relevant mailing list. > > > > I

[Elecraft] Contributing (wasRe: FT8 Upgrade)

2018-11-29 Thread Jim Brown
On 11/29/2018 1:09 AM, Richard Lamont wrote: The -rc* versions are release candidates, i.e. beta packages for testing. People who use them are expected to report any anomalies they find on the relevant mailing list. If you don't want to test and report bugs, you should not be using (and there is