[chirp_users] Using Chirp On A Mac

[Nolan Darilek]

Folks, there's lots about the Python 3 port in the list archives. Might 
be a good idea to do a search.


In particular, I remember a message a while back from Dan laying out the 
challenges specific to porting CHIRP to Python 3. I don't recall the 
specifics, but I think string handling/bit manipulation of some sort was 
an issue, particularly relevant since CHIRP supports a whole pile of 
radios that all likely misbehave in unique ways.


I agree that Python 3 would be nice to have. Just noting that a list 
archive search probably takes less time than writing a message like this 
one.

On 5/13/20 4:25 PM, IT1 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR wrote:
> Tycen,
>
>
> You state: "You can use Chirp on Mac if you are pre-Catalina (due to 
> python2/python3)." I am very confused by the comments you make here 
> regarding the usage of Chirp within a macOS environment that is based 
> on Catalina. I just upgraded to Catalina and would wonder why Chirp is 
> not capable of running there?
>
> I am dumbfounded by what you could possibly be implying by this (that 
> no steps have been taken to migrate Chirp to Python3). Python2's 
> deprecation was enunciated in 2008 and scheduled for 2015, it is 2020 
> now and we are just getting to it being taken out of service. I am not 
> familiar with Chirp's internal programming constraints, but I cannot 
> even begin to imagine that over all these years the forthcoming end of 
> support for Python2 was outright ignored by Dan. I've met Dan several 
> times, he is an extremely bright individual, what you are implying 
> makes absolutely no sense. If this is true, then within one year Mac 
> users will done with Chirp since by then (for security reasons) we 
> will have all upgraded to Catalina.
>
> Moreover, Brew does provide Python2 I believe (granted, I will not run 
> it after this year, also for security reasons absent future updates). 
> But, can you please disambiguate as to what you mean by "due to 
> Python2/Python3"?
>
> 73,
>
> Stuart, N3GWG
>
> Very Respectfully,
>
> Stuart B. Tener
> Computer Scientist / FCC Licensed Radio Operator
>
>
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