[App_rpt-users] AllStarLink status

[Steve Zingman]

As Steve posted yesterday, we lost not only a visionary, but a friend to 
many. I've had many long telephone conversations with Jim over the last 
year. We covered many topics including moving app_rpt forward.

I have taken over managing the project to continue Jim's work and keep 
it evolving. The first steps are to make sure everything stays running. 
This means among other things the node registration services. Without 
that for all intents and purposes, the network goes down. New users 
continue to signup and new nodes are getting assigned. This has to continue.

I have put together a group of people that are working to make sure 
services stay online. We are working towards having more then 1 person 
responsible for each task. Once we are comfortable with the tasks 
involved, we can take on the other needs.

As far as the source code is concerned, I have copied the source to 
github. This will make changes more visible and allow for submissions to 
be vetted and included. There will be no changes in the short term. The 
github repository is at <https://github.com/AllStarLink>

I will make sure AllStarLink survives and evolves.

73, Steve N4IRS


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"Just say no to world domination"