Awesome! Thanks Dan. Marc KQ4ENX
On Sat, Dec 31, 2022, 8:31 PM Dan Smith via chirp_users < [email protected]> 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 > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Marc T. at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > Searchable archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >
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