Hi Denis,
On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 10:39:27PM +0100, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote:
As I understand it is now possible to have a full software GSM stack in software[1], with the stock osmocomBB since trx_toolkit target was merged in OsmocomBB.
trx_toolkit / fake_trx is used to connect the MS side OSmocomBB with the network side stack (osmo-bts-trx, etc.).
Many network side components have releases[2] and several distributions already have part of the osmocom stack packaged[3][4].
Yes, this is primarily due to there being a lot of commercial interest and associated contributions, allowing various people working full-time on it for about a decade now.
On the MS side, there has never been any significant commercial interest, and this is reflected in the situation that almost no code is being developed for a long time, and also very little maintenance and no releases.
Would the osmocomBB be interested in doing releases? Or is there something that is preventing that from happening (lack of interest?, lack of time/volunteers?, technical issues?).
OsmocomBB is in sever lack of any form of contribution. There is no technical or other reason why there are no releases.