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READ THIS! This project seeks a new maintainer #110

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samuk opened this issue May 26, 2021 · 12 comments
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READ THIS! This project seeks a new maintainer #110

samuk opened this issue May 26, 2021 · 12 comments

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@samuk
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samuk commented May 26, 2021

The previous maintainer of this software has stepped back from actively working on it.

Therefore;

- It's unlikely that there will be software updates in the near future.

- There is currently very little support available for using this software.

If you'd like to contribute to developing this software I'd suggest joining this email list and introducing yourself: https://sudoroom.org/lists/listinfo/disasterradio

If you are looking for an actively developed LoRa mesh project then you may like Meshtastic

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jnny commented May 31, 2021

Thank you @samuk for calling attention to the need for maintainers!

I just merged a PR updating Python from 2.x to 3.x, and build is now passing. Also confirmed a bunch of dependabot flags. Happy to help with repository maintenance to the extent I'm able :)

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Hi! I am a software developer and I would like to contribute to this project. I know there are other active and maintained projects. But I think this is the one that suits me and I have hope in this project. Where can I start?
Thanks!

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paidforby commented Jun 22, 2021 via email

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samuk commented Jun 24, 2021

@davidmartinrius @jnny great stuff! Would be good to see more updates. @paidforby did some great work and it would be nice to see the project continue.

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paidforby commented Jun 24, 2021 via email

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samuk commented Nov 25, 2021

@davidmartinrius @paidforby @jnny Would you be able to review this pull request? from @code8buster #113

@taylorfturner
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Howdy, all! Has a new maintainer been found? Just came across this through a YouTube video and definitely would love to help where / when I can on this.

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Hey there @taylorfturner, it could be you!

But honestly, I think it would be too much work for anyone to restart this project (and I'm the one who wrote most of the code). I think time would be better spent contributing to meshtastic, https://github.com/meshtastic, it is much more active.

For those who have disaster.radio dev boards (which is/was the main value proposition of disaster.radio, with its integrated solar charging circuitry), it might be worth trying to get the meshtastic firmware working on them? I have some other LoRa-related ideas and am considering looking at how meshtastic might work for them.

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samuk commented May 2, 2022

Just to add, I think https://unsigned.io/ are doing interesting stuff in this area. I know they need help porting to C if that floats your boat (details in their Github discussions)

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Oh yeah, thanks @samuk I forgot about Reticulum. That looks like it's come a ways since I last looked at it. Is this the "issue" (re-branded as a "discussion") you were referencing, markqvist/Reticulum#2?

They also have this Nomad Network which looks pretty disaster.radio adjacent. It's a shame all the code is written in python. Writing a python wrapper for C code is straightforward enough, idk about going from python to C... I also dig this discussion you opened, markqvist/Reticulum#14, this idea of running a mesh protocol on android and just using ESP32/LoRa as an interface has been on my mind recently.

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samuk commented May 3, 2022

Yeah, that's the one. This is the current state of play: markqvist/Reticulum#2 (comment)

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code8buster commented May 7, 2022

Hey there @taylorfturner, it could be you!

But honestly, I think it would be too much work for anyone to restart this project (and I'm the one who wrote most of the code). I think time would be better spent contributing to meshtastic, https://github.com/meshtastic, it is much more active.

For those who have disaster.radio dev boards (which is/was the main value proposition of disaster.radio, with its integrated solar charging circuitry), it might be worth trying to get the meshtastic firmware working on them? I have some other LoRa-related ideas and am considering looking at how meshtastic might work for them.

anyone with a board want to give it a go? The pin redefs should work if you just plug them into the DIY variant.h file

All the other stuff is just so I can get it merged upstream. the radio seems to actually work and transmit packets!
meshtastic/firmware#1443
edit: merged into 1.2-legacy

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