[Xastir] Fwd: Bug#952116: xastir: Impossible to transmit due to malformed TOCALL

[Tom Russo]

Xastir's versions are goofy.  The history of this is ancient, and there has 
been no reason to ungoof it.

Even numbers are releases, odd numbers are working development versions,
and are generally not updated for every commit --- Xastir 2.1.5 just means
"development branch after stable 2.1.4".

The TOCALL for the current development version of Xastir should be APX215,
and there should be no need for finer granularity to show which commit on
every transmit.  The ambiguity of "which commit of the dev branch am I using?"
is resolved using the Help->About box.  This can only matter to the user him/her
self, and need not be transmitted in every packet.  A TOCALL of APX215 should
be enough for all interested parties on the receive end.

If there is a need for a stable release so that distros can have a stable 
version, we should push one out.  There is an open project on github for our 
next release with a number of required fixes before we do it.  There was a 
flurry of activity on some of those issues a while back, but between people
being injured, having other projects, and what not, nothing's been done for
quite a while.

If there is a real need for a stable release, we could probably use a little
help.  The open issues that we expected to have fixed for the next release
(nominally dubbed Xastir 2.2.0) can be seen at:

https://github.com/Xastir/Xastir/projects/2

Some might need punting.

On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 08:56:54AM -0800, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <xastir at trinnet.net> flavor, containing:
> 
> Hello Dave,
> 
> The scenario here seems to be if you're running an intermediate release
> Xastir and not an official tagged release.
> 
> Dave, yes, I see you on APRS-IS : https://aprs.fi/info/a/KB3EFS and it shows
> you're running v2.15 (APX215) per the "Last Path" line:
> 
>    KB3EFS>*APX215* via TCPIP*,qAC,T2ONTARIO
> 
> 
> The question here is if you're running a version of Xastir that's between
> v2.15 and v2.16, what should Xastir report as it's version to APRS-IS?  It's
> not clear if it's illegal but maybe this would be legal:
> 
>    APX21G
> 
> --David
> KI6ZHD
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 02/23/2020 08:43 AM, David A Aitcheson wrote:
> > I did & was checking validity before making noise...
> > 
> > Given that I  only am able to be on APRS via an Internet connection
> > (read: no radio use allowed)...
> > 
> > Given that I only build from source (read: I don't use a package from a
> > repository)...
> > 
> > I think that it is not effecting me...
> > 
> > David KI6ZHD - can you see me ( "KB3EFS" ) on the map in NY State?
> > 
> > 73
> > Dave
> > KB3EFS
> 
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Tom Russo    KM5VY
Tijeras, NM  

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