This bug report closes and replaces https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28975 that has been resolved in Cauldron (future Mageia9) OpenCPN (a chart plotter and navigation software) and all its plugins had been developed for wxgtku3.0 ... Unfortunately when wxgtku3.1 launched in the last Cauldron (preparing Mageia8) they were all rebuilt with wxtku3.1 and that caused issues and segfaults Besides this some recent developer's changes and bug corrections had been missed due to forking in upstreams git... All the rpms already present in Mageia8 need to be rebuilt with wxgtku3.0, and some of them need a new version with a more recent Source ! Besides this three new plugins need to be backported (particularly opencpn-radar-plugin which increases the number of radars that can be displayed and replaces and obsoletes a limited previous plugin ) And, last but not least, three necessary plugins (containing closed source binaries) couldn't be provided as nonfree rpms for Mageia8 because the developers had forgotten to explicitely allow their distribution ... This problem has been solved and those plugins might be provided in the nonfree backport repository
wxgtk3.1 update is in https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28352#c33 Affects several packages.
See Also: (none) => https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28352CC: (none) => fri
Summary: Update and Backport Request : Opencpn and its plugins => Update Request : Opencpn and its plugins
See Also: (none) => https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29318
This bug has been splitted for QA convenience It now only concerns the update request The backport request is now in this report : https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29318
list of packages needing to be updated opencpn opencpn-ais-radar-plugin opencpn-celestial-navigation-plugin opencpn-climatology-plugin opencpn-iacfleet-plugin opencpn-logbookkonni-plugin opencpn-objsearch-plugin opencpn-polar-plugin opencpn-squiddio-plugin opencpn-statusbar-plugin opencpn-watchdog-plugin opencpn-weather-routing-plugin opencpn-weatherfax-plugin NB the update of the opencpn main rpm will obsolete an existing rpm from Mageia8 : opencpn-chartdldr-plugin no more needed since it is now included in the main rpm
An old warhorse. Thank you for all your explanations. Assigning to Barry; this software looks in a tidier & more complete state than it was for previous update requests, and more worth accommodating.
Source RPM: opencpn-5.2.4-2 => opencpn-5.2.4-2.mga8.src.rpmAssignee: bugsquad => zen25000
Blocks: (none) => 29318
Created attachment 12888 [details] update advisory The updated packages have been submitted into Core Updates Testing repository We ask for a QA testing
Assignee: zen25000 => qa-bugs
mga8, x64 There is not much that can be done to test this. Installed the packages using qarepo and fired it up from the command line - `opencpn`. This is an application designed for course plotting and tracking a on the high seas, with GPS support. The interface displays a general map of the world centred on zero latitude and longitude by default and responds to the various buttons one of which leads to the opencpn website. A neat package - no reason not to give it the go-ahead.
CC: (none) => tarazed25Whiteboard: (none) => MGA8-64-OK
Whiteboard: MGA8-64-OK => (none)
Oops - then I saw the update advisory in an attachment. Enabled AIS radar and Celestial Navigation - the icons duly appeared in the side panel. A radar screen pops up for AIS radar and Celestial Navigation provides a data entry panel. That is as far as we can take it here with no access to charts, GPS etc.
Whiteboard: (none) => MGA8-64-OK
OpenCPN can be found under Applications -> Education -> Geography
(In reply to Len Lawrence from comment #7) That is as far as we can take it here with no > access to charts, GPS etc. You may add free charts if you want.. the chartdownloader built-in plugin allows this (free charts from the NOAA for instance... choose a catalogue : USA-NOAA /RNS/by state California and then select the charts containing the word SanFrancisco: if you want to explore the San Francisco bay it's possible : these charts will be displaied upon the world map and you will be able to zoom in ;) ) Enjoy
And when you display the charts, clicking on the WMM icon (World Magnetic Model) will display the correction to apply to the compass on the cursor position
Thanks for the pointers. Downloaded several charts and loaded the San Francisco Bay Area chart. Extremely detailed - most interesting. Tried the compass correction thing. Looks like it is all working.
Created attachment 12896 [details] a shorter update advisory Hi Here is a shorter update advisory as asked by Dave Hodgins by mail Thanks for his advice
(In reply to Len Lawrence from comment #11) > Thanks for the pointers. Downloaded several charts and loaded the San > Francisco Bay Area chart. Extremely detailed - most interesting. That is what is needed to navigate ! Unfortunately we will never use a kind of openseamap : the depth needs absolutely to be indicated on the charts by isobath curves, and that need campaigns of measures that can only be done by hydrographic administrations with powerful side scan sonars aboard special boats (not for pleasure sailors...) USA publish those charts to be freely downloaded... Lots of other countries don't : you must download encrypted charts and pay for their decryption key or dongle... (limited to one computer !) needing closed source plugins (nonfree rpms provided in Cauldron, and as backports for Mageia8) >Tried the compass correction thing. Looks like it is all working. If it's OK you must read 13°16'E if your cursor is upon the Golden Gate Bridge... today (it will be different in august 2022...) That means that if you want to go to the West, you need to reach 270°-13°16' = 256°44' on your compass instead of 270°! If you move the cursor to the middle of the English Channel the correction must be close to 0°...
Validating. Two versions of an advisory available as attachments.
Keywords: (none) => validated_updateCC: (none) => andrewsfarm, sysadmin-bugs
Keywords: (none) => advisory
An update for this issue has been pushed to the Mageia Updates repository. https://advisories.mageia.org/MGAA-2021-0174.html
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => FIXED