[chirp_users] What's next for CHIRP

[John Wuest]

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On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 3:31 AM anthony farley <centralcoastking at gmail.com>
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> On Thu, Jan 5, 2023, 11:42 PM Marc <marcptramontana at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Awesome! Thanks Dan.
>>
>> Marc
>> KQ4ENX
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>> 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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