[chirp_users] What's next for CHIRP

[Tony Ling]

That's brilliant. Thanks Dan and HNY
Tony G7TXU

On Sun, 1 Jan 2023 at 01:49, bob burks <kc4lb1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for all the hard work you and other guys having the programming
> intellect. Of which I have none. Taking two test during computer school
> back in the 70's. Failed to grasp the computer programming skills. However
> I was to be more technically incline to fix or repair any and all computer
> systems.
> Keep up the great work.
> Bob KC4LB...
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 31, 2022, 8:31 PM Dan Smith via chirp_users <
> chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'd like to announce the availability of what I'm calling the
>> "CHIRP-next" build for the new year. If you're not aware, some of the
>> libraries that CHIRP depends on have been orphaned such that CHIRP was a
>> bit stuck in time for many years. Overcoming this obstacle required a lot
>> of changes to CHIRP's core, drivers, and the GUI has had to be completely
>> rewritten as a result. This has been a ton of work, and we still have a lot
>> left to do.
>>
>> However, it's time to rope you, the users and power users, into the
>> effort. Several of us have tested hundreds of radios over the last few
>> months getting ready for this, but we need your help to flesh things out.
>> Over 90% of the radios that get used most often with CHIRP have been
>> tested, but there are still plenty left that need to be confirmed (or
>> fixed). Similarly, the GUI has been tested fairly well amongst the
>> developers at this point, but there are surely still plenty of bugs to find
>> and fix.
>>
>> Ultimately, this new build will become what is today the "daily" builds,
>> and the current version of chirp will be renamed "legacy". As of now, all
>> new development is being done on the "next" builds and only critical bug
>> fixes will be considered for legacy. If CHIRP-next works for you and your
>> radios, we want you running it as soon as possible.
>>
>> I've put together a page that describes in more detail why we're having
>> to do this, how you can help, and what to look for and report:
>>
>> https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/ChirpNextBuild
>>
>> Also, here's a page that describes some of the changes you can expect in
>> the new version:
>>
>> https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/ChirpNextBuildChanges
>>
>> While we're not doing this specifically to add features, the
>> "opportunity" to redesign some things has allowed us to add some
>> improvements. Further, being on newer dependent libraries has allowed us to
>> add some features we never had before.
>>
>> If you're on MacOS or Linux, you will almost certainly want to be running
>> the new build immediately. It uses modern dependencies and also behaves
>> much more like a native application on all platforms.
>>
>> We really need your help testing and vetting this new version, so if you
>> feel comfortable, please consider giving it a try and letting us know what
>> you run into. I'm getting the word out here to the users groups a little
>> early, before we start offering it on the download page specifically. Feel
>> free to forward this to your own groups, facebook pages, etc to get more
>> visibility than just the users here.
>>
>> You can find the CHIRP-next builds here:
>>
>> https://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/download?stream=next
>>
>> As always, you'll want to stay up-to-date with these, as things have been
>> moving fast!
>>
>> --Dan
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