Re: [gpsd-dev] ✘3.18 release soon

[Fred Wright]

On Mon, 1 Oct 2018, Gary E. Miller wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 16:07:33 -0700 (PDT)
> Fred Wright <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > JSON is sufficiently flexible that compatibility can be maintained,
> > without necessarily resorting to version checks, as long as the code
> > is aware of the issues.
>
> I expected te Python client to be as well behaved as the C client.  A
> bad assumption.
>
> I hacked a fix for xgps and xgpsspeed version issues.  And added version
> checks to cgps.  A real fix would require making the Python client
> library as smart as the C client library.
>
> Check it out.

I'm not convinced that something which should be completely normal merits 
warnings, but at least it works now.

> Along the way, I see there is no way for the C clients to see the
> expected API versions.  Something else to fix in 3.19~dev.
>
> Any other release blockers?

Currently the "ubxtool -V" in python-versions makes pyserial a mandatory 
dependency, which is a departure from the long-standing policy where 
"basic" GPSD has no dependencies beyond C, Python, and SCons.  I started a 
fix for that, but won't have time to do any more with it until tomorrow.

Since macOS 10.14 "Mojave" was just released, I can also include that in 
testing, assuming there are no issues setting up a VM for it.  I already 
have VMs for 10.5-10.13 (as well as Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, FreeBSD, 
OpenBSD, and NetBSD).

Fred Wright