Re: [RFR] new and old gpsd template
>> +_Description: Start gpsd automatically on attaching a USB GPS receiver?
>> + Please note that several GPS receivers use common USB-to-serial converter
>> + chips. If this computer has non-GPS devices attached with USB-to-serial
>> + converters, gpsd may misbehave or interfere with tools like gpsbabel, so
>> + it is recommended to reject this option.
>
> Actually I'm not sure if we need to mention gpsbabel here, a much more
> general and shorter wording would be fine, too. What will really happen
> is undefined - gpsd may disturb or interfere with any communication on
> the serial line, or not. There were bug reports about this, where gpsd
> was a problem, but it also may just run fine, really depends on what
> you're doing.
In that case how about:
This option is not recommended. Several GPS receivers use common
USB-to-serial converter chips, so gpsd may cause interference with
other attached devices.
But I'm not sure this is enough of a problem to _recommend_ not
using it. I would have thought most users wouldn't have any
problematic devices to attach, so all we'd need to say is
This option is disabled by default, because several [...]
> The main problem is that some GPS receivers use the same
> serial converter ICs as used in the normal usb<>serial cables. So if you
> attach such a usb<>serial converter, it may be a GPS, or not.
> The interesting case is a normal usb<>serial cable with a gps attached,
> that will probably just work fine ;)
> If you find a better way to inform the users about this problem I'd be
> happy.
A README.Debian or similar pointing at the bugreports?
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
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