FS#60075 - [firefox] Build Firefox with gpsd location provider support (--enable-gpsd)
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Opened by Karl (carlos22) - Sunday, 16 September 2018, 10:01 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 02 January 2023, 14:11 GMT
Opened by Karl (carlos22) - Sunday, 16 September 2018, 10:01 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 02 January 2023, 14:11 GMT
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Description:
Firefox 50+ has support for gpsd, see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1250922 That would allow users with a GPS device to use the provided GPS data for the Geolocation API within the browser - not by default (in stable release builds), but only after explicitly setting 'geo.location.use_gpsd' to 'true' in about:config. Which is a good thing, as no defaults change. For more information see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1783202 and https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1250922 |
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Closed by Jan de Groot (JGC)
Monday, 02 January 2023, 14:11 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Additional comments about closing: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cg i?id=1803234
upstream wants to kill gpsd support.
Monday, 02 January 2023, 14:11 GMT
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Additional comments about closing: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cg i?id=1803234
upstream wants to kill gpsd support.
I am not able to find any resource about `geo.location.use_gpsd` setting...
thus I am of the opinion to close this three years old issue.
More, I cannot find an official resource about it,
Plus, stable FF does not have `geo.location.use_gpsd`,
Finally, I was aware other services (such as geoclue) were in charge of this duty.