[drats_users] D-RATS 0.3.3b4

[Dan Smith]

Hi all,

I just posted 0.3.3b4 with a few changes.  Note that you didn't miss
anything with 0.3.3b3, as it was a non-change maintenance release to
facilitate the process of packaging for Debian/Ubuntu.  Changes from
0.3.3b2 are:

- Manual pages from Steve Conklin (thanks!) on Linux
- Add AX.25 UI encapsulation in regular TNC mode
- Add digipeater path support to the AX.25 bits
- Allow smaller transfer block sizes so packets can fit into small TNC
  buffers
- Make numeric field in forms able to handle larger (1 million) numbers

It would be a great help if some of the people chomping at the AX.25
stuff could give this a little test for me.  With my TNC-X, I am able to
digipeat my packets off of a PK-96 without any trouble.  Please note
that any packets that aren't broken down small enough will get
corrupted, so things like a large file list response will not currently
make it through.  Be sure to set your transfer block size rather small
(on both ends!) before trying a file/form transfer.

Note that D-RATS rejects packets it believes to be from itself so you
won't see yourself bouncing off of a digipeater.  However, if you look
in the debug log right after you send a frame that is digipeated, you
should see "Received looped frame" which can be an indication that it is
working.

Thanks!

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