diff options
author | Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak@gnome.org> | 2014-01-30 01:42:41 +0000 |
---|---|---|
committer | Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak@gnome.org> | 2014-01-30 11:33:29 +0000 |
commit | 0146197a6db77c59df301de76861254058e2da34 (patch) | |
tree | 35319b02a67c93fad6f7362f334b9f45615983ee | |
parent | 1efbf5249f31de75f147f002a8957791921eb3a0 (diff) |
Release 2.1.02.1.1
-rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 50 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 2 |
2 files changed, 51 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,3 +1,53 @@ +2.1.1 +===== + +- 3GPP-based geolocation source. + - Uses ModemManager to get cell tower info from 3GPP modem and uses + opencellid.org's public API to translate that into a location. +- GPS modem-based geolocation source: If your 3GPP modem has a GPS, geoclue can + now make use of it. +- WiFi-based geolocation source + - Uses Mozilla Location Service to find location based on nearby WiFi + networks. + - Refresh location on changes in WiFi networks. + - Option in configuration file to make geoclue use Google Maps Geolocation API + rather than Mozilla Location Service. + - Option in configuration file to enable submission of wifi data to Mozilla + Location Service. If this option is enabled, the data is submitted each time + geoclue gets a GPS lock. That means, its not completely autonomous and data + is only submitted if an application, e.g gnome-maps requests current + location with exact accuracy. +- API for clients to specify what level of geolocation accuracy they need, + e.g city-level, street-level or exact etc. +- API to check if geolocation service is in use. Next version of gnome-shell + will make use of that to show an icon in the panel to indicate to user that + their location is being accessed. +- Application authorization agent + - Make agent completely optional. We will revert this once we have a reliable + mechanism to identify applications. + - Identify agent and client applications by their desktop IDs rather than + paths of their binaries. + - Ability for agents to dictate the accuracy level allowed for clients. + - Maintain a whitelist of clients in configuration that do not need agent + authorization. +- Avoid redundant queries to web services. +- Install demo applications and provide a desktop file for them. +- Many more internal fixes and clean-ups. + +Dependency-related changes: + +- Require libnm-glib >= 0.9.9.0 (new dependency) +- Require libmm-glib >= 1.0 (new dependency) +- Require libxml-2.0 (new dependency) + +Note to package maintainers: This version drops the requirement for geoclue +binary to be given 'ptrace' capability that was introduced in last release, +2.1.0. + +All contributors to this release: + +Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak@gnome.org> + 2.1.0 ===== diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index df7591c..50cc727 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.63]) AC_INIT([geoclue], - [2.1.0], + [2.1.1], [http://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=GeoClue], [geoclue], [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/GeoClue]) |