update for release

This was added 2 years ago with no explanation.
This is causing ack tracking problems as the 2nd time
the packet is transmitted (because of not getting an ack),
the timestamp changes and then the ack lookup doesn't work right.

.github/workflows/release_build.yml

@@ -21,21 +21,21 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - name: Get Branch Name
       id: branch-name
       uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v8
     - name: Setup QEMU
-      uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
+      uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
     - name: Setup Docker Buildx
-      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
     - name: Login to Docker HUB
-      uses: docker/login-action@v2
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
       with:
         username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
         password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
     - name: Build the Docker image
-      uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
       with:
         context: "{{defaultContext}}:docker"
         platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64

ChangeLog.md

@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. Dates are d
 
 Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 
+#### [4.2.4](https://github.com/craigerl/aprsd/compare/4.2.3...4.2.4)
+
+> 17 October 2025
+
+- update github release build action [`0373db9`](https://github.com/craigerl/aprsd/commit/0373db958f848866a4e694c4ed7cfd2f8c7325d3)
+- Remove update_timestamp during _send_direct [`6c3c16f`](https://github.com/craigerl/aprsd/commit/6c3c16f09d38c16802493cad9bfb95b4f42a8578)
+- remove some debug noise [`be26f31`](https://github.com/craigerl/aprsd/commit/be26f318960125be0c9773ebae40332e59b58da0)
+
 #### [4.2.3](https://github.com/craigerl/aprsd/compare/4.2.2...4.2.3)
 
 > 12 October 2025
@@ -18,6 +26,7 @@ Generated by [`auto-changelog`](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog).
 - Fixed aprsis client connected tracking [`056acc3`](https://github.com/craigerl/aprsd/commit/056acc3ba55395d168ebc72a4b9a5db93e78e144)
 - Fixed client base class connection tracking [`24019ae`](https://github.com/craigerl/aprsd/commit/24019ae353fd0fb1c4667d8549ecab19ec945f79)
 - Fixed unit tests [`961d3e9`](https://github.com/craigerl/aprsd/commit/961d3e946a73cead8f5a42a338bfdbfc369e58fd)
+- update for 4.2.3 [`8932524`](https://github.com/craigerl/aprsd/commit/8932524a46433e0da4a4b96c4cc983297294d0bd)
 
 #### [4.2.2](https://github.com/craigerl/aprsd/compare/4.2.1...4.2.2)
 

aprsd/threads/tx.py

@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ def _send_direct(packet, aprs_client=None):
     else:
         cl = APRSDClient()
 
-    packet.update_timestamp()
     packet_log.log(packet, tx=True)
     try:
         cl.send(packet)
@@ -208,7 +207,8 @@ class SendAckThread(aprsd_threads.APRSDThread):
                 # It's time to try to send it again
                 send_now = True
             elif self.loop_count % 10 == 0:
-                LOG.debug(f'Still wating. {delta}')
+                # LOG.debug(f'Still wating. {delta}')
+                pass
         else:
             send_now = True