[nos-bbs] JNOS + ax25 stack = a necessity or not? FYI

[Bob Nielsen]

I wonder if the Debian testing or unstable distributions are better.  The latest stable version "jessie” is a fairly recent release and it will probably be a while before the next release occurs.

73, Bob N7XY

> On Jun 14, 2015, at 6:11 PM, MJ Inabnit <ke6sls at arrl.net> wrote:
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> 
> Thanks for the update Brian!  I know the debian packages were getting really old.  There has been a full flood of new packages being madly compiled and available for testing.  I really hope the new crew is able to get all new ham packages brought into testing.
> 
> You are very correct, from debian it flows to many variants (mint for mysef) so I am very glad to see the new software coming into my updates.
> 
> Again, thank you for all your hard work.  We all really are very much in your (and your fellow hackers) debt!
> 
> 73
> j
> 
> On 06/14/2015 08:37 AM, Brian wrote:
>> Greetings;
>> 
>> On Sun, 2015-06-14 at 08:22 -0700, MJ Inabnit wrote:
>>> Some major bugs have been reported on the ax25 tools on the debian
>>> list.  It's been interesting and has to do with later kernels after the
>>> 2.4 kernels.  Hoping to see some updated code in the not too distant future!
>> Its not with the packages, it's with the distribution. My downstream
>> contacts have been pushing to get all this fixed but their higher-ups in
>> the political ladder are preventing this. Debian is damn well aware
>> they're distributing amateur radio node software that a middle-schooler
>> can hack and gain root access, not to mention their ax25 apps/tools/etc
>> is still circa 2000ish.  Fedora on the other hand has come a very long
>> way, and their code is quite current. I've been one of the key players
>> working with DL9SAU and RedHat to insure things are flowing smoothly for
>> that distro in hopes Debian will want to catch up. Unfortunately the
>> Debian .debs also trickle down into Ubuntu, mint, and other offshoots.