[Xastir] Update wiki re: VM
I've lost track of who all is offering the updated (090307) Xubuntu VM on their download sites. The Wiki has still not been updated to reflect the new sites. http://www.xastir.org/wiki/index.php/HowTo:VMware I went ahead and added the one I know about, the torrent that can be obtained through Tom's tracker. If there are others at FTP and HTTP sites (Jason, John, etc.), could those folks please go and edit the Wiki page and add links to their downloads. The wiki should now be set up properly to allow those members of wikieditors to actually edit the thing. If not, we need to get that fixed so that it can function as intended. Ultimately, we should remove all references to the old one, which now has outdated VMware tools and is far behind in system updates. -- Tom RussoKM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM In some cultures what I do would be considered normal. -- Ineffective daily affirmation ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Update wiki re: VM
On 3/27/09, Tom Russo ru...@bogodyn.org wrote: The wiki should now be set up properly to allow those members of wikieditors to actually edit the thing. If not, we need to get that fixed so that it can function as intended. Wiki editing worked fine for me last night, so I think we are in good shape there. Lee ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Update wiki re: VM
Ultimately, we should remove all references to the old one, which now has outdated VMware tools and is far behind in system updates. Thanks for the reminder. I just dropped the two 08 Hardy VMs from the the BitTorrent tracker. Tom KD7LXL ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Update wiki re: VM
Tom, As long as 8.04 (Hardy Heron) is still valid it needs to be supported! 8.04 is a LTS release of Ubuntu and is valid until the next LTS is released in 2011. I am running 8.04-LTS for continuity due to my solar systems work and my college studies. Please reconsider making the 8.04 images available again. 73 Dave KB3EFS On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Tom Hayward esa...@gmail.com wrote: Ultimately, we should remove all references to the old one, which now has outdated VMware tools and is far behind in system updates. Thanks for the reminder. I just dropped the two 08 Hardy VMs from the the BitTorrent tracker. Tom KD7LXL ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir -- David A Aitcheson david.aitche...@gmail.com david.aitcheson on google and skype ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Update wiki re: VM
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 02:50:30PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the ru...@bogodyn.org flavor, containing: On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 04:45:38PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the david.aitche...@gmail.com flavor, containing: Tom, As long as 8.04 (Hardy Heron) is still valid it needs to be supported! 8.04 *IS* the only VM we've got going. The 08 hardy vm's that Tom is referring to are virtual machines with versions of Hardy that have not been updated since mid-2008. They also had versions of VMware tools that would not build properly should a user download the old virtual machine and apply system updates manually. That version of VMware tools simply doesn't build with the newer kernels. The new VM is Hardy with all current updates applied and an updated VMware tools, and also with Xastir patched up to date. To date, nobody has bothered distributing an Xastir virtual machine with Intrepid. You also seem to be a little confused about what it was that was removed. Nobody's dropping support in Xastir for Hardy. You can continue to use Xastir on your Hardy systems until somebody somewhere breaks a library that Xastir depends on (read ImageMagick), which will generally only take a few days to fix anyway. The files that Tom is tracking in his torrent tracker are virtual machines containing full Xubuntu systems with Xastir, to be run on Losedows systems under VMware, not binaries intended for users of Linux systems who can build Xastir natively. There is *no* value to keeping old virtual machines around when an improved and more functional replacement exists. What will wind up happening is that someone will download the old one and then start asking for support that has already been addressed precisely by creating and distributing the new one. -- Tom RussoKM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM In some cultures what I do would be considered normal. -- Ineffective daily affirmation ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Update wiki re: VM
Sorry Tom, I am doing homework simultaneously. College at age 50 and attempting to multi-task do not mix well! Dave On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Tom Russo ru...@bogodyn.org wrote: On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 04:45:38PM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the david.aitche...@gmail.com flavor, containing: Tom, As long as 8.04 (Hardy Heron) is still valid it needs to be supported! 8.04 *IS* the only VM we've got going. The 08 hardy vm's that Tom is referring to are virtual machines with versions of Hardy that have not been updated since mid-2008. They also had versions of VMware tools that would not build properly should a user download the old virtual machine and apply system updates manually. That version of VMware tools simply doesn't build with the newer kernels. The new VM is Hardy with all current updates applied and an updated VMware tools, and also with Xastir patched up to date. To date, nobody has bothered distributing an Xastir virtual machine with Intrepid. -- Tom RussoKM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/http://www.swcp.com/%7Erusso/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM In some cultures what I do would be considered normal. -- Ineffective daily affirmation ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir -- David A Aitcheson david.aitche...@gmail.com david.aitcheson on google and skype ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@lists.xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
