Is there anyone else interested in helping me develop a howto for setting up a Winlink client?
Count me in. I'm running pat with AX.25 and a Kenwood D710 TNC. Setup is fairly straightforward, but there are some tricks related to radio setup that aren't well documented, mostly on the AX.25 side. I'll dig up my notes and add them to the wiki,.
I'm also interested in packaging pat. At best I could tell, go-lang versions are the trickiest part. The compiled binaries are static so the basic packaging should be straightforward. Adding niceties like running pat as a service, and maybe getting forms packaged (when the support is in place) would also be good.
mike