Re: [gpsd-dev] gpsd rolls back to 1999

[Greg Troxel]

Hal Murray <address@hidden> writes:

> address@hidden said:
>> Sure, and even if it there's only a release every 5 years it will be totally
>> ok.
>
> You have to be a bit careful in that area.
>
> If you put GPSD into ROM/flash, that "5" subtracts from the useful lifetime 
> of 
> the device.

Sure -- I am taking the position that people who are at the same time
 
  1) using defective GPS receivers, and

  2) setting up a scheme where they ship code they cannot update for >
  10 years

are responsible for figuring things out.  I don't see it as gpsd's
responsibility to mitigate these issues.   The responsibility to
disambiguate W1K epochs has been present since the publication of the
GPS ICD long ago.