Doesn't it say under help and about?
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Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2021 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Which version do I really
have?
I re-downloaded and installed the flatpak file (just in case); flatpak
installer said the latest version was already installed, as expected. Does
anyone know which version I actually have?
Don
On
Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 9:58 AM Glenn K0LNY <glennervin@cableone.net> wrote:
>
> Hi
Don,
> It is my opinion that if your radio is in the list, and the
program works, then there is no reason to worry if you have the latest
version.
> If you have a version from two years ago, and your radio is
in the list of radios, chances are that you will have no benefit from having a
newer version of Chirp.
> Now if your radio was recently added to the
list, then I can understand you wanting the latest version.
>
Glenn
I don't completely agree. For example the original developer of
the
AnyTone AT-778UV chose to only add support for the
per-channel
settings of this model (and its variants). So for the sake of
argument
you could say the radio was "in the list" and "the program works".
I
then later added support for the global settings broken down
into
something like 3 or 4 separate patches. Not updating because
this
radio was already supported and working would miss out on all of
these
newly added settings.
I have 18 patches in the queue waiting
for approval. The majority of
them are nothing but cosmetic cleanup of the
CHIRP driver code. There
would be absolutely no need for anyone to update
solely on those
changes. But a couple of them are updates to existing and
working
models that would be useful for owners of those models to
get.
My philosophy is that you don't need to update unless...
1
a bug in CHIRP or a radio model that you own that affects you has
been
addressed
2 support has been added for a radio that you own
3 additional
settings and/or features have been added to a currently
supported model
that you own
The build message includes a summary of what has been
changed and is
what I use to determine if I need to update right away or
not.
Jim
KC9HI
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