[Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#647749: Interim fix proposed in the upstream bug report

[marcelo at fiscella.org (Marcelo Fiscella)]

As it was already mentioned here and also in the upstream bug report, I  
understand that the ideal solution would be to switch providers. But  
unfortunately that's something that probably won't happen in the short  
term.

In the upstream report it was suggested that the license key from ctw (an  
open source weather client currently unmaintained) could be used instead  
of the current one as an interim fix (see  
https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8105#c9).

Since I'm not a DD, I don't know how many person-hours it would take to  
apply this trivial patch and upload an updated package to the repository.  
Therefore I can't tell whether the effort would be worth it or not.

However, if this workaround could prevent having another broken or missing  
piece in Xfce, then maybe it's worth it, even if it's just a temporary fix  
and not a solution to the underlying issue.

Best regards,
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