[chirp_devel] What is the policy about radio clones being NOT listed by it's own brand/model?

[Dan Smith]

> It's correct/safe to just create adn register a class for this clones by
> instantiating the correct class but overriding the vendor/model?

No, because this messes up detection and various other things.

If we want to do this, I think we need a more generic approach where the
Radio class has an ALIASES property, which is a list of things that
masquerade as this model. Then we can use that to construct the
drop-down boxes.

The problem, of course, comes in when people open a file they have for
an alias, and chirp will tell them that instead of a "WhizBang9000" they
actually have a "ChineseCloneoMatic4000". I agree that's less confusing
than the alternative at the upload/download choice screen,
but it's still going to confuse people.

--Dan