Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: bookworm X-Debbugs-Cc: geoclue-...@packages.debian.org Control: affects -1 + src:geoclue-2.0 User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu
Hello, [ Reason ] Currently, geoclue-2.0 in stable is using the Mozilla Location Service, but MLS is now retired, meaning that geoclue cannot guess the location of the user anymore. beaconDB is being considered as a replacement by upstream: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/-/issues/192 Debian unstable is already using beaconDB [ Impact ] geoclue cannot guess the location of the user anymore, applications using its API will not work as expected [ Tests ] Smoketesting testing has been done in a bookworm VM [ Risks ] The code change is trivial, the main risk is a privacy one, but they try to be privacy minded Privacy statement of beaconDB can be found at: https://beacondb.net/privacy/ [ Checklist ] [X] *all* changes are documented in the d/changelog [X] I reviewed all changes and I approve them [X] attach debdiff against the package in (old)stable [X] the issue is verified as fixed in unstable [ Changes ] * Change of the URL for geolocation and submit the AP and location information (if enabled) * Cherry-pick a patch that upstream requested to add SSID in addition to MAC addresses to the queries * Update the debian/README.Debian
