Re: ✘gpsd release coming

[Bernd Zeimetz]

On 7/31/20 9:18 PM, Greg Troxel wrote:
> I have just tested livetested gpsd on NetBSD 8 amd64 as of the following
> commit:
> 
>   commit d3800a04000c9e94f93262505083743b3280548a (HEAD -> master, 
> origin/master, origin/HEAD)
>   Author: Greg Troxel <gdt@lexort.com>
>   Date:   Fri Jul 31 08:53:43 2020 -0400
> 
> via making a tarball with scons dist, using that to build a binary
> package with pkgsrc, installing that package, 

At least that part could *and should* be tested using the gitlab CI. We
have a freebsd runner, don't think we need to do that on netbsd, but the
release process should be tested.

Regarding running gpsd actually:
I have some recent ublox hw here, just need to find the time to setup a
pi or similar thing as CI runner so we can actually run gpsd on it and
do at least some basic tests.
If somebody could come up with a script that implements such a check,
I'll be happy to setup the gitlab runner in the coming weeks.

Something like
- starting gpsd, maybe without devices and hotplugging them (usbguard
might help, or a remote switchable usb hub)
- checking if the gps/baud rate/... was detected properly
- checking if the location was detected properly
- ....?

could be scripted and run in the CI imho.


Anybody up for it?


Bernd


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