[chirp_devel] Python revision

[Eric Poole]

Thanks, Dan.  I was able to do all the stuff in the "Python 3 Developer 
Environment Setup" page including cloning the repo and running CHIRP 
from the command line with chirpwx.py.  So far so good.  :-)

Rick

On 3/1/24 2:24 PM, Dan Smith via chirp_devel wrote:
>> The CHIRP "Python 3 Developer Environment Setup" page recommends Python
>> revision 3.10.8. Is that still the best current recommendation? I
>> notice the latest stable revision is up to 3.12.2 as of early February.
> You can _probably_ run with 3.12, but I wouldn't. The current windows 
> builds are still based on 3.10, and we know that the other libraries 
> you'll need are available and working with 3.10. Unless you enjoy 
> chasing down "why does this seem to work for me and nobody else" 
> issues, I'd stick to the same version the users will run while you get 
> your feet wet.
>
> The python team has been on a scorched-earth run lately with backwards 
> compatibility, and 3.12 has more such removals than any in recent 
> history. I've been running it locally to get ahead of future issues, 
> but I wouldn't recommend if if you want to just focus on your driver 
> and don't need it for other local development.
>
> --Dan
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