Multi-client location access

[Teemu Ikonen]

Hi,

In Geoclue we're wondering (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/-/merge_requests/176) how to deal with multiple clients using ModemManager for location info.

The straightforward approach of enabling location gathering on client startup and disabling it on exit does not work, because other clients will then stop receiving location updates. The MR above describes and implements a protocol for turning location gathering on and off and reacting to changes. I asked for feedback on this in MM issues (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mobile-broadband/ModemManager/-/issues/870) but got no replies. Any thoughts on this subject in this list?

Best,
Teemu