Weather Report applet 1.26.1 not updating

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@highflux7

However, this version has not yet been included in the Ubuntu MATE 24.04 LTS repositories.

Strange, DuckDuckGoAI claims the same but it is blatantly false, so it is either misinformed or has an association disorder. See this:

is mate-panel 1.27.1 in the official ubuntu repository ?

The MATE Panel version 1.27.1 is not available in the official Ubuntu repositories. Instead, the version that is typically found in the repositories for Ubuntu MATE 24.04 LTS is 1.26.2.

However, version 1.27.1 is available in the Debian repositories, and it may be accessible through unofficial Personal Package Archives (PPAs) or by manually installing it from source.

If you need help with installation or finding a PPA for version 1.27.1, let me know!

Again, this is blatantly false, see this:

If I open a terminal and type

apt search mate-panel

I get the reply:

mate-panel/noble,now 1.27.1-2build3 amd64 [geïnstalleerd,automatisch]
  launcher and docking facility for MATE

So I really started being extremely specific and asked the same question over and over again like a bad cop, each time with a different official repository in the question and each time it lies about 1.27.1 being in an official repositories until:

Is mate-panel 1.27.1 in the noble-proposed repository ?

The MATE Panel version 1.27.1 is indeed available in the noble-proposed repository. It appears that this version has been included as part of the proposed updates for testing before being moved to the main repositories.

If you're interested in using this version, you can enable the noble-proposed repository in your system settings. However, keep in mind that packages in the proposed repository are still under testing and may not be as stable as those in the main repositories.

If you need guidance on how to enable the proposed repository or install this version, just let me know!

So you are indeed definitely up-to-date with your version.

And I made you worry for nothing, please accept my apologies

Also, since my clock/weather applet also gave up this morning, there is no reason to enable the proposed repository or install the 1.27.1 version.

The old thread about this failing clock/weather-applet is opened again because of all this. You can find it here:

I broke weather applet

There are major changes again to the Metar data source at aviationweather.gov. Not only URL changes, but changes to the parameters to the API, some have been dropped or become part of the URL. Data API The weather stopped working for me this morning, so I have removed my location so it no longer tries to call the API. I think it will be a long time before the clock applet will show the weather once more if ever. We can hope for Ubuntu Mate 26.04

@highflux7

At this point, perhaps my best option is to switch to My-Weather-indicator applet.

Yes, you're good to go.
Good luck !