ID: FW1001
REQUESTOR: Tom Ringate K0ZXF
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Extend the HEARD function so that it retains a log on disk
which has a selectable
range or size to be saved. Presently FPAC reset's this log
whenever it is restarted,
and in a large dynamic network this can be fairly often. If this
information was
logged to disk, then even after a restart, the information would
be available, and
not lost. The options could be to keep a number of days worth of
information, or
a number of entries of information. This may also free up some
memory space on
the FPAC system since this log would no longer be in memory. I do
not see
this as a performance problem since the HEARD list is not pulled
that often. It
could even be retained in memory, and during shutdown saved to
disk, and then
reloaded during startup. This would still keep it in memory, but
it would not be
lost every time FPAC was re-cycled. Another thing to consider is
to depart from the
old ROSE format of "first heard" "last heard"
and put a real time last heard and date.
When it was first heard is not all that important. Maybe others
have an opinion on
this? Discussion here on the list will ensure we really have the
development team
put into this software what we think is most useful.