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Downloads:

381

Downloads of v 1.7.14.000:

9

Last Update:

15 Apr 2024

Published Date:

15 Apr 2024

Reviewed Date:

01 May 2024

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Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Victor Poor (W5SMM)
  • Rick Muething (KN6KB)
  • Phil Sherrod (W4PHS)
  • Peter Woods (N6PRW)

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Winlink Express

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1.7.14.000 | Updated: 15 Apr 2024

Downloads:

381

Downloads of v 1.7.14.000:

9

Published:

15 Apr 2024

Reviewed:

01 May 2024

Reviewer:

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Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Victor Poor (W5SMM)
  • Rick Muething (KN6KB)
  • Phil Sherrod (W4PHS)
  • Peter Woods (N6PRW)

Winlink Express 1.7.14.000

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penguin359 (maintainer) on 31 Mar 2024 00:03:51 +00:00:

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penguin359 (maintainer) on 15 Apr 2024 07:08:56 +00:00:

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penguin359 (maintainer) on 16 Apr 2024 04:50:07 +00:00:

I'm having trouble reproducing the failure using the Vagrant machine from the chocolatey-test-environment. I even copied the exact command from the failed logs (and added a local source), but it was successfully installed with the correct version using:

choco.exe install winlink-express --version 1.7.14.000 -fdvy --execution-timeout=2700 --allow-downgrade --source "'c:\packages;http://chocolatey.org/api/v2/'"

The "vagrant provision" command finished with a successful 1/1 packages installed and exit status 0. I am wondering if there is something funny with the version code "1.7.14.000" which is showing as 1.7.14 and causing a mismatch, but previous versions including "1.7.13.000" did not have this issue. I also tested uninstall and it successfully was removed with exit status 0.

TheCakeIsNaOH (reviewer) on 16 Apr 2024 05:05:23 +00:00:

It looks like you might be on an old version of Chocolatey CLI due to the lack of version normalization.
Can you upgrade Chocolatey CLI to v2.2.2 on your local machine, in your CI for AU, and in the test environment (additionally the test environment image is on v3.0.0 at this point)

Regards, TheCakeIsNaOH

TheCakeIsNaOH (reviewer) on 16 Apr 2024 05:22:57 +00:00:

It looks like you might be on an old version of Chocolatey CLI due to the lack of version normalization.
Can you upgrade Chocolatey CLI to v2.2.2 on your local machine, in your CI for AU, and in the test environment (additionally the test environment image is on v3.0.0 at this point)

Regards, TheCakeIsNaOH

penguin359 (maintainer) on 29 Apr 2024 23:33:26 +00:00:

Thank you for that. I've updated to the latest test environment and reproduced the failure inside it. Looking into the matter deeper, I see that the official AppVeyor images including their latest Server 2022 images all come with Chocolatey 1.4.0. I presume that this is the problem generating the unnormalized NuGet packages. I'll add a step to the CI that updates Chocolatey before starting the regular scan and build. It is a little odd that it only recently just broke as the version normalization bug seems to be a year old now.

In any case, I think I need to reject this package as the 1.7.14 is considered a different package from this?

penguin359 (maintainer) on 29 Apr 2024 23:40:12 +00:00:

Actually, I think I still had to manually fix the version for the correct upload as it extracted the .000 suffix from the upstream webpage. I think the issue caused by the older Chocolatey CLI was just that it did not detect and fail on the unnormalized version when testing the install process. Maybe there is a newer version of the AU framework I need to pull in if that is the case so the CI fills in the correct version in the NuSpec.

flcdrg (reviewer) on 01 May 2024 23:33:32 +00:00:

FYI as far as I know AU or chocolatey-au (the newer version) won't solve the normalisation problem by itself. But worth investigating

David

Description

Winlink Express

Winlink Express (formerly RMS Express) is the preferred Winlink radio email client because it supports all new system features, and it is the only client supporting the Winlink Hybrid Network for email delivery with or without the internet. Winlink Express is designed to be easily used by single users with a single call sign but it may also be used to simultaneously send and receive mail with one or two more tactical addresses or alternate Winlink accounts. It supports a wide selection of transceivers, TNCs and multimode controllers, sound card modes using the ARDOP, and VARA HF and FM virtual TNCs (ARDOP software TNC included), Pactor, SCS Robust Packet, VHF/UHF AX.25 packet radio, and direct telnet to CMS servers or RMS Relay (for amateur radio High Speed Multimedia [HSMM], Broadband HamNet, D-Star DD mode, internet, and any other TCP/IP network).

Winlink Express is built by the Winlink Development Team and leverages its features with simplicity as the prime design objective. It uses the open B2F extension radio transfer protocol that supports attachments, multiple addresses and tactical addresses. Winlink Express may be used in the peer-to-peer mode (connecting directly via RF to other Winlink Express or Airmail clients). Winlink Express also contains manual and automated GPS position reporting abilities, support for the Winlink catalog of downloadable weather, information and help bulletins, Saildocs and Globalmarinenet for obtaining GRIB files, and a propagation prediction feature to help determine which of the participating Winlink RMS gateway HF stations are best to connect to from anywhere on earth.

Winlink Express may be used as a client for emergency communications. It has special features for EmComm, such as HTML forms creation and compact, formless content transport, plus a growing library of automatically-updated, included forms to use. Before adopting Winlink Express as your program for EmComm, please check with your local EmComm group for their plans. This may be your ARES, RACES, ACS, AuxComm, SHARES or MARS organization that will be responsible for providing training and support.

System Requirements: Microsoft-supported 32 or 64 bit Windows OS (Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8, 10 or Windows 2003 Server, or later, or under Windows on Apple Mac and Linux machines using a VM engine or dual boot arrangement. Windows XP or earlier OS are not supported. The program makes minimal CPU demands except in modes using sound card modems. The heavy DSP demands of these modes require a computer of at least 700 MHz Pentium/Celeron class and at least 512 Meg of memory. It runs well on all modern computers and Windows tablets. If multiple applications are running concurrently, we recommend a fast, late-model computer with 2-4MB RAM or more.

Built-in Customizable HTML Forms allow input and reading on exact-likeness or just "pretty" forms in a browser using form widgets like selection boxes, check boxes, and more. Further, lightweight form contents can be transmitted without the form itself, then automatically read at the other end inside the electronic form with a browser. A large, automatically-updated common library of forms is included with each copy of Winlink Express. And, the forms and templates are transportable across a radio connection as attachments.

Built-in Message Log Report Generator creates automatic reports from your local Winlink Express message records. Generates ICS-309 reports for ICS compliance and comma-separated text files. Lets you choose what logs to include in the report (Inbox, Read items, Outbox, Sent items, Saved items, Drafts, Deleted items).


tools\chocolateyinstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$toolsDir   = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"
$url        = 'https://downloads.winlink.org/User%20Programs/Winlink_Express_install_1-7-14-0.zip'
$checksum   = '22148aa76c6a8c613858ef90f38febd620284940b237d3e2c1be93a6ae7495cf'
$setupName  = 'Winlink_Express_install.exe'

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName   = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
  unzipLocation = $toolsDir
  fileType      = 'exe'
  url           = $url

  softwareName  = 'Winlink Express*'

  checksum      = $checksum
  checksumType  = 'sha256'

  silentArgs    = '/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-'
  validExitCodes= @(0)
}

Install-ChocolateyZipPackage @packageArgs
$packageArgs.file = Join-Path -Path $toolsDir -ChildPath $setupName
Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage @packageArgs
tools\chocolateyuninstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$packageArgs = @{
  packageName   = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
  softwareName  = 'Winlink Express*'
  fileType      = 'exe'
  silentArgs    = '/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP-'
  validExitCodes= @(0)
}

[array]$key = Get-UninstallRegistryKey -SoftwareName $packageArgs['softwareName']

if ($key.Count -eq 1) {
  $key | % {
    $packageArgs['file'] = "$($_.UninstallString)"

    Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs
  }
} elseif ($key.Count -eq 0) {
  Write-Warning "$packageName has already been uninstalled by other means."
} elseif ($key.Count -gt 1) {
  Write-Warning "$($key.Count) matches found!"
  Write-Warning "To prevent accidental data loss, no programs will be uninstalled."
  Write-Warning "Please alert package maintainer the following keys were matched:"
  $key | % {Write-Warning "- $($_.DisplayName)"}
}

No results available for this package. We are building up results for older packages over time so expect to see results. If this is a new package, it should have results within a day or two.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Winlink Express 1.7.15.000 3 Friday, April 26, 2024
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Winlink Express 1.7.14.000 9 Monday, April 15, 2024
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Winlink Express 1.7.12.000 21 Thursday, December 21, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.12 21 Sunday, December 24, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.11.000 21 Sunday, December 17, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.10.000 33 Sunday, October 15, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.9.000 23 Sunday, September 10, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.8.000 42 Sunday, July 9, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.7.000 50 Sunday, June 18, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.6.000 36 Sunday, April 16, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.5.000 19 Sunday, April 9, 2023 Approved
Winlink Express 1.7.4.000 42 Sunday, February 19, 2023 Approved
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