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Bug#727639: pu: package xfce4-weather-plugin/0.7.4-3+b1



On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 22:14 +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Control: tag -1 wheezy confirmed
> 
> Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> (2013-10-24):
> > I was recently made aware of an issue with the Xfce weather plugin in
> > Wheezy. This versions uses weather.com API, and the URL has changed,
> > which breaks the plugin.
> > 
> > An update to the plugin is only a matter of updating the URL, so here's
> > a proposed debdiff doing that.
> > 
> > Please tell me if/when it is ok to upload to stable.
> 
> Right now is OK. Please make sure to target wheezy in your changelog
> though. ;-)

Sure, dput wouldn't let me upload UNRELEASED anyway :)
> 
> Given that this kind of things happens from time to time, it might be a
> good idea to have a few #define instead of patching this and that part
> of the code. Might be nice for upstream to implement in the next releases.
> ;)

Actually, newer upstream have completely changed mechanism and is not
affected by this.
> 
> > Same thing applies to Squeeze, although I'm not sure it makes sense to
> > do an oldstable upload.
> 
> I don't think we would mind having to review a squeeze upload if you
> want to prepare one.

Since the Squeeze version is 0.7.3 I guess the same patch applies more
or less freely, so it shouldn't be hard to provide it.

Thanks for the quick review anyway.

Regards,
-- 
Yves-Alexis

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