[chirp_users] What's next for CHIRP

[Guy Schlosser]

I definitely roger Glenn's congratulations on chirp-next. Very much 
looking forward to trying it out with Orca. Keep up the great work, Dan 
and team, and here's to a great 2023.


Guy Ke8Jyp


On 12/31/22 22:17, K0LNY_Glenn wrote:
> Hello Dan,
> Congratulations to you and all who work hard on it.
> And it sounds like good news to those who can use it.
> Do we still need flatpak to install and use it?
> Those of us who have to use a screenreader can't use Chirp with flatpak.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Smith via chirp_users" <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> To: "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2022 7:30 PM
> Subject: [chirp_users] What's next for CHIRP
>
>
> 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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