Bug 704105

Summary: Missing city in GNOME weather applet - Jerusalem/Israel
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Vesselin Kolev <vlk>
Component: libgweatherAssignee: Cosimo Cecchi <ccecchi>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 6.3CC: atodorov, jrb, mclasen, syeghiay, tpelka
Target Milestone: rc   
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: i686   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: libgweather-2.28.0-5.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, the libgweather library did not contain information for the city of Jerusalem, making it impossible to search for the city or select the city from the list of cities offered by the weather panel applet. This update adds the missing information to the libgweather database, so that users can now select Jerusalem as a valid option.
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Description Vesselin Kolev 2011-05-12 07:47:19 UTC
Description of problem: Missing city in GNOME weather applet - Jerusalem/Israel


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.28.0-7


How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the applet preference window
2. Try to select Jerusalem from search box or
3. Try to select Jerusalem from the list of cities
  
Actual results:
It's impossible to use weather data for Jerusalem/Israel. Only data for Tel Aviv is available, but the weather in Jerusalem is quite different then the Tel Aviv.

Comment 2 Vesselin Kolev 2011-05-12 07:55:14 UTC
Sorry, there is a small syntax error in "Actual results"

"but the weather in Jerusalem is quite different then the Tel
Aviv" should be read as "but the weather in Jerusalem is quite different then the *one in* Tel Aviv"

Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2011-05-12 08:07:48 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.

Comment 4 Alexander Todorov 2011-08-18 15:40:52 UTC
Ray,
is this something we can fix or it needs to be implemented upstream first?

Comment 6 Matthias Clasen 2011-12-15 15:45:40 UTC
The weather station data actually lives in libgweather, not in gnome-applets.
Moving this bug there.

Comment 8 Cosimo Cecchi 2012-02-02 22:50:38 UTC
Created attachment 559159 [details]
proposed patch

Proposed patch.

After a bit of investigation, I found out the METAR weather station for Jerusalem (LLJR) is not available anymore, since the Atarot International Airport has been closed for some time. My proposed patch uses the nearby Ben Gurion International Airport station (LLBG), which is the same used for Tel Aviv though. The airport is geographically located near the highway between the two cities according to Wikipedia.

I think this is a reasonable compromise; having the location and some data is better than not having it at all.

Comment 17 Eliska Slobodova 2012-02-21 16:21:53 UTC
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Previously, the libgweather library did not contain information for the city of Jerusalem, making it impossible to search for the city or select the city from the list of cities offered by the weather panel applet. This update adds the missing information to the libgweather database, so that users can now select Jerusalem as a valid option.

Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2012-03-13 14:01:29 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0381.html