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FoxtrotGPS:
we can dance if we want to...
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<h2>Frequently Asked Questions (with answers!)</h2>
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Why are you re-inventing the GUI?
Isn't Marcus required to
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modifications' under the terms of his own license, the
GPLv2?
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Even if the answer to the latter question was "yes", it's
generally not worth spending the time and energy required to
get things by fighting: the investment is almost always
<em>massive</em> in proportion to the payoff, and creates
additional ill will as a byproduct. And we want FoxtrotGPS
to be known as a <em>friendly</em> and cooperative
project; occasionally, that if that means that we end up
having to do more work ourselves, so be it. But re-creating
a GUI with Glade should not be, by any means, an
insurmountable task.
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Where's the mailing-list?
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FoxtrotGPS users and developers are invited to collaborate via
the <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS-GPS">foss-gps list</a>
provided by <a href="https://www.osgeo.org/">OSGeo</a>.
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Is there an IRC channel?
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<p>
Yes, there is!
It's <a href="ircs://chat.freenode.net/#foxtrotgps">#FoxtrotGPS</a>
on the <a href="https://freenode.net/">freenode</a> network.
<dt>
Where's the Wiki? Where's the...? Wasn't FoxtrotGPS founded
because you wanted all sorts of things like that?
Why are you hosting the Bazaar archive yourself instead of
using Launchpad and getting all of the extra features it provides?
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We will be incorporating additional infrastructure
elements as our needs grow.
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The FoxtrotGPS project is still in a relatively early stage of
community-building, which means establishing a sense of
<em>focus</em> where previously there may not have been
any. Many contributors are still just now learning the
tools and conventions used on the project, and all of the
contributors are still learning each others'
personalities. The key elements of communication and
collaboration for a FOSS project at this stage of
development are:
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An e-mail list with public archives for communication
and coordination.
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An IRC channel for communication/coordination of issues
requiring more `semantic bandwidth' than e-mail can provide.
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A publicly-readable version-control repository, so that
the community can track the evolution of the project and
have a basis for building things that may be contributed
back to the project.
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A website documenting the goals of the project and
providing references to the above resources.
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In time, all of the tools mentioned in the above question
may become useful; in the interim, we're trying to avoid
an <em>overabundance</em> of communications-channels and
`extra features' that would actually likely increase distraction
and interfere with focus. Hence our initial `minimalism'.
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<dt>Where should I submit patches?
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<p>Patches--and discussions about patches--are welcome on the
<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS-GPS">foss-gps
e-mail list</a>.
<dt>Where should I post bugs?
<dd>
<p>Please file bugs in the FoxtrotGPS
<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/foxtrotgps">bug-tracker</a>.
The <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS-GPS">foss-gps
e-mail list</a> is also a good place to discuss them.
<dt>What about translations?
<dd>
<p>
Yes! We are accepting translation patches as well.
With in-development source code being publicly available
between releases, it's possible to have FoxtrotGPS be
fully translated at each release. Please help us with this!
<p>
For the time being, please bring your translation patches to
the <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS-GPS">foss-gps
e-mail list</a>.
<dt>What GPS device should I use?
<dd>
<p>
Hardware support is provided by <a href="http://www.catb.org/gpsd/">GPSd</a>
so FoxtrotGPS will work with any of the <a href="http://www.catb.org/gpsd/hardware.html">hardware supported by GPSd</a>.
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If you have a question not covered in this FAQ, feel free to
enquire on the <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS-GPS">foss-gps
e-mail list</a>.
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