Splitting graphical gpsd-clients into separate package would simplify headless installs

Actually I think it might make more sense to move those tools you usually need with gpsd (like gpsctl) into the gpsd package. Not exactly sure, though. Which tools do you use from the -client package?

gpsmon is the primary tool I use from the clients package, just to see that gpsd it tracking things properly and to see the PPS is active. Agree that gpsctl makes more sense in the gpsd package itself, if you think the same applies to the non-Python bits then the dependencies of gpsd might stay pretty simple, right?

I agree and thanks for the suggestion.

I'll take a look at this for 20.10 and work with Bernd on this as usual.
Unless he beats me to it, since we are mostly busy finalizing 20.04 atm :-)

The problem with "the other clients" is that you can use them to access/monitor remote GPSes.
So moving those into gpsd itself doesn't fit. People might want to install it without having the daemon on the system.
But we can certainly split the more common-nongui from the others and then bump the common ones up from a suggests to a recommends.

The common ones I've seen throughout all howtos are gpsmon and cgps, so for a PR to start the discussion I'll pick those two which also happen to have not too much crazy deps.

P.S. I'll also move gpsctl as discussed above

FYI - fix submitted as part of PR https://salsa.debian.org/debian-gps-team/pkg-gpsd/-/merge_requests/5

FYI Further restructuring after we had an IRC discussion in [1].
This is in Debian new-queue atm for the experimental pocket, once gpsd-tools exists there the follow up upload is rather easy and fast.

[1]: https://salsa.debian.org/debian-gps-team/pkg-gpsd/-/merge_requests/6

This bug was fixed in the package gpsd - 3.20-11

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gpsd (3.20-11) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Christian Ehrhardt ]
  * [232c8d73] d/rules: fix ubxtool to use python3 in the gpsd package (LP: #1878158)
    Signed-off-by: Christian Ehrhardt <email address hidden>

 -- Bernd Zeimetz <email address hidden> Tue, 12 May 2020 13:49:15 +0200