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Re: Bug#1032394: libqt5positioning5-plugins: Serial NMEA plugin is missing

[Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer]

Hi!

El jue, 9 de mar. de 2023 18:18, Jon Beniston  escribió:

> Hi,
>
> >> It would be good if the serial NMEA plugin could be added
> (libqtposition_serialnmea.so), so serial port / USB GPS devices can be used
> directly
>
> >I remember looking into this when I've got to package it. Looking at the
> build log [1] I think it needs the Gypsy GPS Daemon, which I understand it
> is not packaged in Debian.
>
> The serial NMEA plugin doesn't need Gypsy GPS Demon. (The plugin is for
> directly accessing serial GPS devices). There is a separate plugin that
> uses
> Gypsy.
>
> It does require the qt serial port package though (libqt5serialport5), and
> I
> can't see being referenced in that build log. Does it need to be added as a
> dependency?



Yes, it is possible. Sadly we won't make it for the bullseye release :-( I
would be more than happy to add that feature as soon as possible

Re: Bug#1032394: libqt5positioning5-plugins: Serial NMEA plugin is missing

[Lisandro Damián Nicanor Pérez Meyer]

Hi!

El domingo, 5 de marzo de 2023 18:31:03 -03 Jon Beniston escribió:
> Package: libqt5positioning5-plugins
> Version: 5.15.2+dfsg-2
> Severity: wishlist
> X-Debbugs-Cc: j...@beniston.com
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> It would be good if the serial NMEA plugin could be added 
> (libqtposition_serialnmea.so), so serial port / USB GPS devices can be used 
> directly. (These don't appear to be supported by Geoclue).
> 
> (https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/position-plugin-serialnmea.html)

I remember looking into this when I've got to package it. Looking at the build
log [1] I think it needs the Gypsy GPS Daemon, which I understand it is not
packaged in Debian.


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