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Prepare for Countdown!

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I'm continuing to focus most of my energy on getting KelLog into shape for a public launch. I'm already using KelLog for my daily logging needs, but there are plenty of sharp corners that need to be smoothed out before handing it to other people and expecting them to be successful and delighted. Wikimedia  CC BY-SA 4.0 For starters, there's the question of packaging kel-agent . This is the semi-magical program that allows web applications talk to installed amateur radio programs like WSJT-X. Kel-agent needs to be installed, which means it's not enough to have an executable that builds; it needs to be copied into a particular folder on the user's machine and added to their command line PATH. This has to be done separately for each operating system, so I've learned more than I ever wanted to know about WiX for Windows, Packages for Mac, and dh-make-golang  for Debian. I also found a sponsor to help me submit kel-agent and its dependencies to the Debian APT rep...