[Dxspider-support] Problems with command " dx by "

[Roland Huysentruyt,ON6HH]

   Hi Dirk and Others
I don't have so much to add on comments from college sysops .

- DX BY 
   I propose to remove "dx by"  .I see no need for it.

- NEW RELEASE
>> I shall be incorporating all the various patches that I have received
>> from various people and then doing a full release.
  Dirk, I am still on 51.242 because the remote database command was not
  working any more wih 51.253 .Will it be repaired ?
  
- TALK   
   The main goal of the cluster is DX,not talk,not ann !. 
   Talk on local cluster satisfies most needs  here .
   The extra traffic needed for wwtalk will help to brake down rf-links even out of a
   contestweekend  .Not all links are via internet !
      
73    HNY to all
Roland,ON6HH,sysop ON0DXK
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Dirk Koopman <djk at tobit.co.uk>
To: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] Problems with command " dx by "


> Angel, Charlie and others
> 
> I shall be having a tidy up over the next couple of weeks. If this is
> the consensus I will happily remove the 'dx by' or else raise the
> privilege for it so that it can only be used by 'trusted' users.
> 
> I shall be incorporating all the various patches that I have received
> from various people and then doing a full release.
> 
> What happens then I am not really certain. I think the software is as
> developed in its current state as it can go. I have made various
> attempts at adding a 'new protocol' but without any lasting success. 
> 
> The problem is that that core of the software needs to be rewritten and
> a completely different way of passing the necessary data between nodes
> needs to be used. It also could do with some things written in C adding
> to it but that will bring some distribution problems for our Windows
> users.
> 
> My domestic situation appears now to be stabilising (to the extent that
> I am now living in a completely different place with a different family)
> so hopefully I may be able to devote some time to writing code again.
> 
> The real question is: is it going to be worth the effort of doing a
> fairly substantial rewrite of the core code? Do I really need to
> maintain full compatibility (particularly with respect to user/node
> lists) to non-dxspider nodes. If I never see another PC16/17/19/21/39
> again - it will be much too soon.
> 
> Please think about it and discuss.
> 
> Happy New Year to everyone
> 
> Dirk G1TLH