[chirp_devel] Issue with Baofeng Firmware Version

[Dan Smith]

> The problem is when CHIRP displays the firmware version, the firmware
> version gets sanitized so it can be displayed. This changes the 0xFF
> values to spaces. Then when the user modifies any settings, the
> sanitized firmware version gets written to the image. Since the
> firmware of the image no longer matches the firmware version of the
> radio, CHIRP aborts the upload.

Hmm, are we letting people alter the firmware version that gets stored
back into the image? Is that a good idea?

> Is there a way to display the firmware version as read only text (as
> it is now) but not alter the characters stored in the image?

I would think we should change that to a label instead of an entry so
that it's visible but not alterable by the user...

--Dan