Re: [Hamlib-developer] Hamlib 4.6.5 release

[George B. <geo...@gm...>]

Having done a lot of the prep work for the changes, let me give some 
insight.

Hamlib 5.0 is a new major revision - recompiling/linking will be necessary.

The internal storage arrangement of Hamlib gets a complete makeover - 
some tables and structures get moved out of the main rig_struct into 
separate buffers, with RIG *rig holding pointers. This gives a lot more 
freedom to add data to them without breaking other things.

This means apps that reference things like port names or rig status 
directly in the rig structure will need to be changed. The data 
structures will be in new include files; these files and the macros to 
get structure addresses will be included but optional in 4.7.

If an app only calls the Hamlib API functions, no code changes may be 
necessary.  There may be data type changes to be made, but they will 
hopefully be taken care of by the include files.

None of the details are set in stone; things might change as development 
progresses. Suggestions and comments always welcome.

73 n3gb

On 9/6/25 3:10 AM, David Balharrie wrote:
> Is it possible to give an overview of the planned changes in the API for V5.0?
>
> 73 de David M0DGB/G8FKH
>