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
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On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 2:06 PM Jim Unroe rock.unroe@gmail.com wrote:
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.
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