XFCE Weather app can't find me - FC18

[Bill Davidsen]

poma wrote:
> On 01/27/2013 06:00 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>> I think I have the extra apps loaded for xfce, but the weather app
>> searching for something near Schenectady NY just says "Searching" and
>> does nothing visible. FC17 found a station on Libarty St, three blocks
>> from me, which updates frequently. What did I forget to install?
>>
>> I noticed that fc17 had libgweather installed, so I added it in case the
>> dependency was missed. No change. So either the applet is broken or they
>> are using a much smaller list, or it's broken. Before I submit a bug,
>> I'll ask here if I'm just doing it wrong.
>>
> Heya,
>
> 'xfce4-weather-plugin' is libweather.so[1] per se :)
> Grasp the code from git[2], it should work.
> …
> weather-Message: getting
> http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=Schenectady%20NY&format=xml
> weather-Message: getting
> http://api.yr.no/weatherapi/sunrise/1.0/?lat=42.809545;lon=-74.021672;date=2013-01-27
> weather-Message: getting
> http://api.yr.no/weatherapi/locationforecastlts/1.1/?lat=42.809545;lon=-74.021672;msl=143
> …
>
> I'm cc'ing Christoph[3] regarding package update[4].
>
>
> Cheers,
> poma
>
>
> [1] rpm -q --provides xfce4-weather-plugin
> [2] git clone git://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-weather-plugin
> [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Cwickert#Maintainer
> [4] http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=4205
>
>
After looking at the package git gives me, I find that I have no BUILD 
environment for fc18 yet, I'm doing laptops and desktops first. So at the moment 
I'll have to put this off for at least a few weeks. Many thanks for your help!

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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