[chirp_devel] Fixing bugs for a (live) radio I don't have

[Dan Smith]

Hi Martin,

> While looking into adding support for a new (to Chirp) Icom live radio, I've come across a bug (#5023) for a different Icom live radio. The fix for that bug will also be needed for the radio I'm looking to add. (The Icom live radios share the bulk of their code in a single driver file.)
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> It would be great to have one or two of the people who have chimed in on #5023 test the (small) change to make sure it will work for both radios. Since this is a live radio situation, there are no images for me to run tests against.
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> Is there a commonly used scenario for addressing this? I'm not in a position to build for multiple platforms to give people something to test, and I couldn't find anything in the developer docs (all of which I've read) that talks about this.

Such is life for this project where we can't all have all the radios locally to test. You can comment in your bug, or ask people from another bug to check out yours. Also, ask for volunteers on the chirp_users list which have the necessary radios, etc.

Note that with developer tools turned on, you can have people load changed .py files to test something without generating a new build. It's a big hammer and should be used sparingly by people willing to test potentially destructive things, but it's a good way to get people on a bug to help you test something. With those tools enabled File->Load Module. Just send them the file (or files) necessary for testing and have them load them before they test.

--Dan