[chirp_users] chirp flatpak (In need of a few brave souls)

[Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

Isn't  it easier to just linstall Python 2 from an older distro?


> On 13 May 2020 at 07:40 Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>     On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 11:37 PM Glenn K0LNY < glennervin at cableone.net mailto:glennervin at cableone.net > wrote:
> 
>         > > I don't understand all this "flat pack" stuff.
> > 
> >     > 
>     Many distros are removing Python 2 as it was EOL'd at the end of last year. Chirp is not ready for Python 3 yet so that leaves us in a bit of a bind. A flatpak (no c) is an application that runs in a completely separate sandbox and all the dependencies are in the sandbox with it so it allows systems without Python 2 (and the python 2 dependencies) to be run on a system which has no Python 2. 
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Richard
>     KF5OIM
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