[gpsd-dev] Time for a snap release of GPSD

[Eric S. Raymond]

Today a Raspberry Pi developer accosted me on #gpsd with a bug report about 
excessive power drain associated with GPSD on his Pi.  We were able to track 
the bug down to its cause - a slightly buggy select(2) implementation - and
develop a workaround that introduces an adaptive delay into the GPSD main loop.

There have been chronic reports of what I think is this same bug
causing rapid power drain on certain Android phones.  Therefore I
think it is important to get this fix fielded as soon as possible to
maximize the odds of getting it into the next Android point release.

Accordingly, I want to get a 3.12 release out this coming week.

Gary, please test time service and the problem children

Hal, your Fedora timezone issue is now my top priority and the one thing I will
be looking to certainly fix before release.

Everyone else: if you know of any relese-blocker issues, speak up now.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>