Dear Maintainer,

I looked at the Weather Report Panel widget and set it up like this

dconf read /org/mate/panel/objects/clock/prefs/cities
['<location name="" city="Budapest" timezone="Europe/Budapest"
latitude="47.433334" longitude="19.266666" code="LHBP" current="true"/>']

and noticed that no data is coming in; all values remain empty.


I was looking for solutions and found this patch (I didn't create it
myself),

https://github.com/svavassori/libmateweather-patch/blob/master/url-and-
text.patch

several other sources (for example:
https://www.johndball.com/fixing-the-awc-
url-on-older-metarmaps/ ) also pointed to this as the solution to the
current
problem, including its contents. So I did this without Docker and
installed the
patched application.

https://github.com/svavassori/libmateweather-patch/tree/master


The weather settings for the Clock and Weather widget have been applied; the
data is coming in, and everything is fine.


That's the result I was expecting.

This patch was officially included in version 1.26.4 (the new maintenance
release was actually released last year), but it is not packaged in the main
repository for Debian 12 and 13.

Regarding package versions in the Debian line, even the packages in sid are
older, so they likely do not include this newer fix:

https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=sourcenames&keywords=libmateweather

Official upstream version status in the GitHub repository at the tags level:

https://github.com/mate-desktop/libmateweather/tags

I don't even understand why the URL parameters are hardcoded in the code—why
aren't they specified in a config file, for example... Oh well, that's
how they
did it, so that's how it is.

Hello,

Bug #1133207 in libmateweather reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/debian-mate-team/libmateweather/-/commit/10321e220d3f12450add5cc9a8fa3361d6d3c7df
------------------------------------------------------------------------
debian/patches:

+ Trivially rebase '0001_libsoup3.patch' for new upstream release.
+ Drop '0002_metar-Update-AviationWeather-URL.patch'. Included upstream.
+ (Closes: #1133207).
------------------------------------------------------------------------

(this message was generated automatically)
-- 
Greetings

https://bugs.debian.org/1133207

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
libmateweather, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1133207@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Mike Gabriel <sunweaver@debian.org> (supplier of updated libmateweather package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:31:54 +0200
Source: libmateweather
Architecture: source
Version: 1.28.2-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian+Ubuntu MATE Packaging Team <debian-mate@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Mike Gabriel <sunweaver@debian.org>
Closes: 1133207
Changes:
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 .
   [ Sui Vue ]
   * New upstream release.
   * debian/patches:
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     + Drop '0002_metar-Update-AviationWeather-URL.patch'. Included
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   * debian/control:
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   * debian/copyright:
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   * debian/watch:
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     + Use GitHub releases URL for 'Source' field to address "502 Bad Gateway"
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Dear Mike!

If the version that includes the URL change is going to be included in
the Forky release anyway, would it be possible to add this version to
the Trixie Stable Backports mirror as well?

Quite a few people use the weather app; I noticed this on the forum a
while back.

Best regards,
Imi Mester

2026. 08. 30. 12:07 keltezéssel, Debian Bug Tracking System írta:

Hi Imi,

I will provide a stable-update for the 13.7 point release. Thanks for
the hint.

Mike

Hi Mike!

Thank you once again for your fantastic work!

Best regards,

Imi

2026. 08. 30. 21:32 keltezéssel, Mike Gabriel írta: