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 > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > > > 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) * > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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