Joe,

One of us Linux types could create a tarball from the git repository on
SourceForge; unfortunately it doesn't have the 2.5.3 changes committed to
it.

When you get a moment, could you please push the 2.5.3 changes up for the
rest of us? (And of course tag it.)

Thanks and 73,

--
Dave Slotter, W3DJS <https://www.qrz.com/db/W3DJS>


On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 8:52 PM Marco Calistri via wsjt-devel <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Il 08/12/21 15:25, Joe Taylor via wsjt-devel ha scritto:
>
> 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
>
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> As noted previously by other colleagues, for Linux just by having the
> source tar ball would be quite enough in order to have the chance to keep
> our WSJT-X updated.
>
> Thanks and once again my sincere and friendly "goodbye" to Bill.
>
> ---
>
> *73 de Marco, PY1ZRJ (former IK5BCU) *
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