Joe, Likewise, I also volunteer to help with any or all of the following:
- Raspberry Pi Buster + Bullseye (ARMv6) pre-built binaries - Debian, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, ... (64-bit) pre-built binaries - Linux tarball I have the software development experience, and WSJT-X build experience and equipment to make this a reality. 73, -- Dave Slotter, W3DJS <https://www.qrz.com/db/W3DJS> On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 3:35 PM Jeff Stillinger via wsjt-devel < [email protected]> wrote: > For years, Linux users simply get the tar ball of source at the bottom > of the web page. That is more than perfect. Bill wrote many many > times that the recommended method is to always build from that source > tar ball. Myself and many others have created build scripts for > various flavors of Linux. > > Each flavor of Linux already has volunteers that are building "packages" > to be placed in the repositories. Which gives Linux users two different > choices to install. > > With all that said, Linux users just need that tar ball. Is it my > understanding that we will not have access to that tar ball moving > forward? If not, how can I help? > > > > On 12/8/21 12:25 PM, Joe Taylor via wsjt-devel wrote: > > Dear WSJT-X Users: > > > > As most of you know, we are mourning the recent death of our friend > > and colleague Bill Somerville, G4WJS, who since 2013 has contributed > > so much to the WSJT project. > > > > One of Bill's many WSJT-related tasks was creating installation > > packages for Win32, Win64, Linux (Debian, Fedora, Raspberry Pi, ...), > > and macOS for each new program release. At present we have a > > straightforward system for building the Win64 package -- the best > > choice for the majority of WSJT-X users -- but no systems in place for > > building Win32, Linux, and macOS packages. > > > > WSJT-X 2.5.3 includes a feature of special interest to users who will > > enter the ARRL January VHF Contest (January 15-17, 2022). For benefit > > of those users, we have decided to release WSJT-X version 2.5.3 for > > Win64 even though we have not yet made prebuilt packages for the other > > operating systems. > > > > Differences between WSJT-X 2.5.2 and 2.5.3 are minimal and described > > in the Release Notes: > > https://physics.princeton.edu//pulsar/k1jt/Release_Notes.txt > > > > The new feature for the ARRL VHF contests is an enhanced macro > > facility for Tx messages, aimed at making it easier to ask another > > station to QSY to a new band. The feature is described briefly here > > in the User Guide: > > > https://www.physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main-2.5.3.html#TXMACROS > > > > Additional information will likely appear on VHF-contest-related forums. > > > > A link for the Win64 installation package for WSJT-X 2.5.3 is now > > available on the WSJT-X web page: > > https://physics.princeton.edu//pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html > > > > Pre-built packages for Win32, Linux, and macOS will be added when we > > have created new means for creating them. > > > > -- 73 from Joe, K1JT; Steve, K9AN; and Nico, IV3NWV > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > wsjt-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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