FoxtrotGPS/libgps w/ fso-gpsd (was: [FOSS-GPS] Questions about foxtrotgps)

[Mitja Kleider]

Am Freitag, den 15.10.2010, 09:34 +0200 schrieb Mitja Kleider:
> Am Donnerstag, den 14.10.2010, 22:08 -0400 schrieb Joshua Judson Rosen:
> > As you noted, the preferred gpsd protocol has changed from the one
> > that fso-gpsd currently supports. At least for the time being, libgps
> > supports talking to servers using both the new *and* the old protocols;
> > but since the old protocol has entered a deprecation-cycle (which means
> > that, at *some point*, it'll be dropped entirely unless someone shows
> > up with a reason why it can't be), it seems like the best option
> > at this point is probably be to update the fso-gpsd compatibility daemon
> > so that it supports the new protocol and actually continues to do
> > what it's supposed to do: provide a gpsd-compatible interface.
> 
> As far as I know FSO provides GPS to multiple clients via DBus. fso-gpsd
> requests GPS via DBus and serves it via the old gpsd protocol.
> 
> Wouldn't it make more sense to add FSO/DBus support to libgps instead?

Sorry, I confused GPSD's libgps with an abstraction library.

Did you think about using GeoClue at some point?