Bug 19472 - wmweather does not display any information anymore
Summary: wmweather does not display any information anymore
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 5
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: QA Team
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Whiteboard: MGA5-64-OK MGA5-32-OK
Keywords: validated_update
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Reported: 2016-09-27 19:19 CEST by Chris Denice
Modified: 2016-09-29 08:19 CEST (History)
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Description Chris Denice 2016-09-27 19:19:07 CEST 
Wmweather is currently broken on mga5 due to a change of url from which information is retrieved. I have uploaded a patched package for Mageia 5 in core/updates_testing fixing this issue.

You can test this by starting in a terminal:

wmweather -s EBBR

that should show a dockapp with weather conditions at the Brussels airport, very useful for FOSDEM ;)

Suggested advisory:
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Updated wmweather package to fix a change of url for retrieving weather conditions from NOAA website.


Updated packages in {core,tainted}/updates_testing:
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wmweather-2.4.5-6.1.mga5

Source RPMs: 
wmweather-2.4.5-6.1.mga5.src.rpm
Chris Denice 2016-09-27 19:19:44 CEST

CC: (none) => eatdirt
Assignee: bugsquad => qa-bugs

Comment 1 Len Lawrence 2016-09-28 19:30:07 CEST 
Ran this on Mate, x86_64

My homespun weather program found the local weather station and Abu Dhabi International OK.
wmweather did not.

Installed the update.
$ wmweather -s EGPH
$ wmweather -s OMAA
Both generated a tiny display with time, temperature, dewpoint, pressure, humidity and wind direction.

I was unable to find a way to dock it to the Mate panel except as a custom application launcher because it did not appear in the system menus.

It works anyway.

CC: (none) => tarazed25

Len Lawrence 2016-09-28 19:30:34 CEST

Whiteboard: (none) => MGA5-64-OK

Comment 2 Len Lawrence 2016-09-28 19:35:35 CEST 
A right-click brings up a report from the fully decoded METAR data:

Abu Dhabi International Airport, United Arab Emirates (OMAA) 24-26N 054-39E 27M
Sep 28, 2016 - 01:00 PM EDT / 2016.09.28 1700 UTC
Wind: from the WNW (290 degrees) at 7 MPH (6 KT):0
Visibility: 5 mile(s):0
Temperature: 89 F (32 C)
Heat index: 105.6 F (40.9 C):1
Dew Point: 80 F (27 C)
Relative Humidity: 74%
Pressure (altimeter): 29.74 in. Hg (1007 hPa)
ob: OMAA 281700Z 29006KT 9000 NSC 32/27 Q1007 NOSIG
cycle: 17
0
Comment 3 Len Lawrence 2016-09-28 21:02:39 CEST 
Testing this in i586 virtualbox.

Failure before the update and success afterwards.
The .wmweather directory is established and the METAR data is stored there under the ICAO code.  This is what is displayed on a left click.

$ wmweather -c -s EGPH &

produces a more colourful display; compatibility mode.

This update can be validated so would someone in sysadmin please push it to Updates.
Len Lawrence 2016-09-28 21:03:27 CEST

Keywords: (none) => validated_update
Whiteboard: MGA5-64-OK => MGA5-64-OK MGA5-32-OK
CC: (none) => sysadmin-bugs

Comment 4 Chris Denice 2016-09-28 21:23:46 CEST 
thank you guys!
Comment 5 Mageia Robot 2016-09-29 08:19:42 CEST 
An update for this issue has been pushed to the Mageia Updates repository.

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGAA-2016-0116.html

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
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