On Sat, 2009-08-01 at 19:40 +0200, Ralph Aichinger wrote:
> Hi Ross (and readers of bug 494175 ;)!
>
> I just downloaded your gps multiplexer packages, and I
> have some questions: Will this be packaged for Debian
> proper, or are there reasons for it to stay outside?
>
> Is there any user documentation? How do I tell it
> where to find the GPS?
>
> Is this developed upstream at all, or is it a dead project?
> As a user, should I bother with it right now?
>
> I'm asking this now, because with libchamplain and geoclue
> lots and lots of pieces of a geo-aware desktop are falling
> into place right now, but gypsy is very "quiet", or so it
> seems to me as an "outsider".
>
> Thanks for your work, and sorry if you get asked that
> twice a week ;)
Gypsy is fairly quite but it's fairly stable. There are a number of
outstanding features which need to be completed, but for basic use it's
ready. The one thing stopped me uploading into Debian was the
requirement to run it as root and the lack of auto-starting. Maybe I
should just upload it to experimental now until there are sorted.
Regarding finding the GPS, your client application tells gypsy what
device to open. I'm a fly-by-night patcher to gypsy, if you want to
talk to the maintainer when email Iain Holmes.
Ross
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