Yo All! gpsd version 3.27 is released. In addition to many bugs fixed, it includes updates for newer signal types, Wayland support, and many u-blox updates for their newer firmware.
Many thanks to u-blox for providing me receivers for testing as
well as some direct engineering support.
The tarballs are in the usual place:
https://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/gpsd/
The news file::
3.27: 21 Nov 2025
Improve support for newer signal ids (L1/L2/L5, etc.).
xgps add signal id names
gpsrinex, support new signal ids. Add -g and --gnss options.
Initial SPARTNv2 support. Disabled by default, terrible protocol.
Many ubxtool updates for newer u-blox receivers.
Update driver_ubx for newer u-blox receivers.
Lexer() FFI interface is unused, and deprecated October 2025.
xgps and xgpsspeed work under Wayland.
Add support for Qt6.
From 3.26.1:
281 commits
14 Commit Authors
Version 3.27.1~dev is now open for new updates. Let's hold off on major
updates until we know a snap .1 release is not needed.
RGDS
GARY
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