The bug is back in Ubuntu 15.10 in libgweather 3.16.1-1ubuntu1 I just installed this release in preparation for the next Ubuntu LTS in 2016 and have seen that the earlier fixes of the Australian BOM forecasts have not propagated through to this version.
I would add Wily to the list of affected versions but I cannot seem to do it! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to libgweather in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/629646 Title: Locations using bom.gov.au for forecast data no longer can no longer retrieve forecast data Status in libgweather: Fix Released Status in libgweather package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in libgweather source package in Lucid: Fix Released Status in libgweather source package in Maverick: Fix Released Status in libgweather source package in Natty: Fix Released Status in libgweather source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] libgweather is unable to parse the HTML data previously returned from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology [Development Fix] Fix committed upstream as a80552f51c641754ef8410eebea6debc23a25561, 73829e640d2ebd7f926563145ca81702c17d0abb. Picked up in 3.2.1-1ubuntu1 [Stable Fix] Debdiffs attached for Lucid (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgweather/+bug/629646/+attachment/2610674/+files/libgweather_2.30.0-0ubuntu1.1.debdiff), Maverick (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgweather/+bug/629646/+attachment/2610675/+files/libgweather_2.30.3-0ubuntu1.1.debdiff), Natty (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgweather/+bug/629646/+attachment/2610676/+files/libgweather_2.30.3-1ubuntu1.1.debdiff), and Oneiric (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgweather/+bug/629646/+attachment/2610677/+files/libgweather_3.2.0-0ubuntu1.1.debdiff) [Test Case] 1. Login using a session with the gnome-panel (Ubuntu for Lucid, Maverick; Ubuntu Classic for Natty; GNOME Classic on Oneiric) 2. Right-click on the panel (Alt-right click for Oneiric) and select Add to Panel... 3. Choose the Weather Report applet and add it to the panel 4. Right click on the weather applet and choose preferences 5. Go to the Location tab 6. Search for and select "Sydney Airport", then close the preferences window 7. Left-click on the weather applet 8. Click "Update" from the details tab 9. Switch to the "Forecast" tab, and observe that the forecast is not available (or is, with the patch) [Regression Potential] Minimal. The patch is isolated, only changes parsing for the affected region (AU), and cherry-picked from upstream =================== Original bug description: ----------------------------------- Issue Description ----------------------------------- In relation to "weather-applet" and "libgweather" - over the past several months, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has updated its website to deliver a HTML forecast page for a number of locations around Australia. Currently - the <zone> tag from "Locations.xml" is used within the "weather-bom.c" to retrieve information from the appropriate bom.gov.au URL which if successful is then parsed in the "bom_parse" function. With the new HTML forecast pages for various locations however, the data can not be successfully parsed and instead the message "Forecast not currently available for this location." shows up on the Forecast tab of weather-applet. ----------------------------------- Area of Interest ----------------------------------- Within "weather-bom.c" - the following line of code points to URLs (depending on location) that now have HTML forecast data rather than plain text... url = g_strdup_printf ("http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?%s.txt";, loc->zone + 1); ----------------------------------- Suggested Fix ----------------------------------- I suggest/propose that the URL above be changed to point to plain text documents on the BOM FTP server (ftp://ftp2.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/fwo/) with the appropriate weather station zone. e.g. for Sydney (Zone IDN10064) - currently the code would point to: http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDN10064.txt However this is now a HTML forecast, which causes the issue noted above... by pointing the code to: ftp://ftp2.bom.gov.au/anon/gen/fwo/IDN10064.txt The plain text forecast can be used without any modification to the other functions/aspects of the code. ----------------------------------- Patches - Untested! ----------------------------------- Please see the attached "weather-bom.c" which includes the suggested fix (i.e. patched version). Note it will need to be/should be tested by someone who knows how to recompile the libgweather source. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- System information --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS Release: 10.04 libgweather-common: Installed: 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/linux/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libgweather/+bug/629646/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
