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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2009-11-20 02:41:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2009-11-20 02:41:46 +0000 |
| commit | e5e05dcd7c1f412b71bc94ae52257eb0a2436687 (patch) | |
| tree | 5f0ebd52394891edb0ba5fd49e0cb035415b72ab /www/index.html.in | |
| parent | e4cbd2dafe2885a79135e8bb3872a29ca6308e49 (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-e5e05dcd7c1f412b71bc94ae52257eb0a2436687.tar.gz | |
Bump version to 2.90dev in preparation for release.
Update some documentation.
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diff --git a/www/index.html.in b/www/index.html.in index d7c331d9..951d99d7 100644 --- a/www/index.html.in +++ b/www/index.html.in @@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ <div id="Content"> +<h1 id='news'>Urgent news for maintainers of <code>gpsd</code> clients</h1> + +<p>We've been warning it was coming for years, and it's here: the +request/response protocol used by <code>gpsd</code> is about to change +in ways that will break your application if you're not careful. The +old protocol is still supported, but will remain so only for a very +limited time. Read <a href="protocol-transition.html">"Moving to +GPSD-NG: a Guide for Client Developers"</a> to find out why this is +happening and what you need to do about it.</p> + <h1>About <code>gpsd</code></h1> <p><code>gpsd</code> is a service daemon that monitors one or more @@ -126,8 +136,8 @@ the *BSD family. Presently Linux and OpenBSD are directly supported. We'll support proprietary Unixes if it's not too much work (and it usually isn't). Apple's OS X is back in our good books, but it is criticial that you have all your USB drivers updated. Older drivers -are buggy and prevent gpsd from being able to read from usb-serial -devices.</p> +are buggy and prevent <code>gpsd</code> from being able to read from +USB-serial devices.</p> <p>No, we don't support Windows — get a better operating system.</p> |