On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:32:18PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron 
collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing:
[...counting spaces in javAPRSSrvr 4.x filters on object names...]
>      "m/800 t/n e/WE7U-WX o/UP844    /STEAM    /"
> 
> So...  If using Xastir and filtering against a javAPRSSrvr4.x server 
> (Firenet-1/2/3), you'll have to move the Object portion to the end, put in a 
> trailing slash, and count spaces.  There should be nine chars total in an 
> Object name.
> 
> Having to count spaces is ridiculous.  It requires the user to have some 
> familiarity with the APRS spec and/or to read the filter docs VERY carefully. 
>  Existing filter strings that have worked for years may be broken now and 
> there's no indication of this to the user.  I'm talking to Pete to see if 
> this can't be resolved in a better manner than having every user change their 
> filter strings.

Ick.  That really is a change for the worse.  Hope Pete changes it.

-- 
Tom Russo    KM5VY   SAR502   DM64ux          http://www.swcp.com/~russo/
Tijeras, NM  QRPL#1592 K2#398  SOC#236        http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM
"And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is
 one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh,
 oooh, the sky is the limit!"  --- The Tick

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