Re: [gpsd-users] Strange 14s offset with GPS 18x LVC

[Eric S. Raymond]

Miroslav Lichvar <address@hidden>:
> What about sticking to the value which was reported most often in the
> last hour or day? Then allow only one second changes and only at the
> end of June and December. I'm still not sure if it's a bug in the GPS
> firmware or a design flaw in some protocol.

Workarounds like the one you suggest to handle broken hardware have a
strong tendency to introduce subtle bugs affecting hardware that is 
not broken. Experience has made me unwilling to implement them without
very strong reason.
 
> (btw, my messages seem to be delayed, is this list moderated?)

I've turned off the moderation bit.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>