Bug#574105: API breakage in version 2.92

2010-03-16 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Marcus Bauer wrote: > Anyway, I would be interested in the rationale of why the protocol is > bad apart from the fact that Eric is an uber-coder who wants me to use > his tangle-fangled lib. At least the success of TCP/IP and HTTP tells me > that protocols are a fantastic thing. http://gpsd.berli

Bug#574105: API breakage in version 2.92

2010-03-16 Thread Marcus Bauer
> It was announced that these changes will happen on the way to 3.0 > early enough. All 2.9X releases prepare 3.0, that is what the > announcement mail says. It is not about what Eric Raymond says, it is about what best practice is in the open source world. And this is not. And I maintain that it

Bug#574105: API breakage in version 2.92

2010-03-16 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
Marcus Bauer wrote: > Package: gpsd > Version: 2.92-1 > Severity: important > > The version 2.92 of gpsd breaks the API / protocol. Moreover the > protocol change has not been announced on the gpsd announce mailing > list and should only happen with a bump of the major version. It was announced t

Bug#574105: API breakage in version 2.92

2010-03-16 Thread Marcus Bauer
Package: gpsd Version: 2.92-1 Severity: important The version 2.92 of gpsd breaks the API / protocol. Moreover the protocol change has not been announced on the gpsd announce mailing list and should only happen with a bump of the major version. The protocol has been around for years and tangoGPS