This is a cool development, and I’m mentioning it in this week’s issue of Zero Retries newsletter.
As I mention in Zero Retries, I hope that DRATS2 can implement the “big flip” necessary to be able to use DV Fast Data mode in the Icom D-Star radios that include that mode.
Kudos to WB8TYW!
Steve N8GNJ
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Steve Stroh N8GNJ (he / him / his)EditorZero Retries Newsletter -?
Radios are Computers - With Antennas!
I have just created a new repository for rewrite of D-Rats.
I think this re-write is needed for several reasons.
1. Most of D-rats users are using Microsoft Windows and the use of GTK+
makes it hard to provide an easy to install package.
2. GTK+ is continuing to make incompatible changes with new versions
making it harder make enhancements.? The Glade editor for designing GTK+
layouts actually making things harder as it does not seem to be keeping
up with GTK.
3. The config subsystem needs a rewrite to fix existing problems and
requested features, the existing code structure makes that very difficult.
Tracking Wiki for this new project.
It may be a while before I get something ready for testing, and most of
those tests will be of the "hello world" type packages at first just to
make sure that everything can install and run.
As this will be being brought up in sections, hopefully it will help
someone learn programming and packaging processes.
Regards,
-John
wb8tyw
