From: Riley Williams (exwbqktk@energetika-lj.si)
Date: Sat Aug 11 2001 - 01:53:14 EEST
Hi Jeff.
> I used the Linux AX25 software almost 3 years ago to play around
> with packet radio. Shortly after that, 1200bps packet on 2
> meters basically died out in my area. I've been looking at it
> again with the intention of getting an APRS station on the air,
> and I was also looking for ways to help contribute to Linux AX25
> development.
>
> As I was looking at the documentation, I made a few
> observations:
>
> 1. The Linux AX25 HOWTO is very out of date, not having been
> updated since October 1997.
>
> 2. The Linux HAM HOWTO also hasn't been updated since 1997 and
> is no longer on-line at the Linux Documentation Project site.
>
> 3. The AX25 software on SourceForge has essentially no
> documentation beyond the man pages.
>
> As someone who actually enjoys writing, and author of a couple
> of Linux HOWTOs already, I'd be interesting in tackling the
> project to update the AX25 and/or Ham HOWTOs. I would do this
> provided that (1) I felt that there was a reasonable level of
> interest in these HOWTOs, and (2) people on this mailing list
> could help answer questions on things I am not familiar with or
> cannot test because I don't have the necessary equipment.
>
> Any thoughts on whether this would be useful, or is the Linux
> AX25 community so small that it doesn't justify documenting
> beyond man pages and the source code? My feeling is that the
> lack of HOWTO documentation is a barrier to getting more people
> using these tools. I'm guessing the AX25 HOWTO would be a higher
> priority to update that the HAM HOWTO (although probably more
> work).
>
> I don't want to step on any toes, and if Terry Dawson or someone
> else is planning to update these HOWTOs soon, I'll gladly step
> aside, but I suspect that the developers' time is better spent
> working on the AX25 code and people like me who aren't core
> developers can help out by testing and documenting.
I know that I'd love to see this updated, as the ham radio side is one
part of Linux that I've never managed to get working properly, and
which has given me headaches every time I've even tried making sense
of the documentation. If there's any help I can give you, I will.
I can't comment on whether any of it has current maintainers though...
Best wishes from Riley.
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