[Bug 1730927] Re: Support the new 280 character limit.

This bug was fixed in the package corebird - 1.6-1ubuntu0.1 --- corebird (1.6-1ubuntu0.1) artful; urgency=medium * Allow 280 characters per tweet (LP: #1730927) -- Philip Rinn Mon, 20 Nov 2017 11:17:10 +0100 ** Changed in: corebird (Ubuntu Artful)

[Bug 1730927] Re: Support the new 280 character limit.

This works after updating to version 1.6-1ubuntu0.1; before updating, characters are stuck at the old limit, while after the update, 280 characters are supported. ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-artful ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-artful -- You

[Bug 1730927] Re: Support the new 280 character limit.

Hello Achim, or anyone else affected, Accepted corebird into artful-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/corebird/1.6-1ubuntu0.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository. Please help us by testing this new package. See

[Bug 1730927] Re: Support the new 280 character limit.

Uploaded to Ubuntu with a changelog tweak to match the correct version for an SRU. Thanks for your contribution to Ubuntu! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1730927 Title: Support the

[Bug 1730927] Re: Support the new 280 character limit.

** Description changed: [Impact] - * Twitter changed the character limit of tweets to 280 [1], users of -corebird in artful are only able to compose tweets with 140 characters. +  * Twitter changed the character limit of tweets to 280 [1], users of +    corebird in artful are only able

[Bug 1730927] Re: Support the new 280 character limit.

** Description changed: - Twitter changed to a new character limit of 280 characters: - https://blog.twitter.com/official/en_us/topics/product/2017/tweetingmadeeasier.html + [Impact] + + * Twitter changed the character limit of tweets to 280 [1], users of +corebird in artful are only able

[Bug 1730927] Re: Support the new 280 character limit.

Hi, great to hear. I prepared an upload now, here is the debdiff. Could you please guide me how to proceed? Best, Philip ** Patch added: "Debdiff 1.6-1 -> 1.6-1ubuntu1" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/corebird/+bug/1730927/+attachment/5011616/+files/artful.debdiff ** Changed in:

[Bug 1730927] Re: Support the new 280 character limit.

> Reading the wiki page on stable release updates[1] I see no option to get this in artful. As described in section 3, the version fixing the bug has to be tested in dev before - the problem now is that dev has 1.7.2-2 while artful has 1.6-1 thus it's not possible to test a version in dev that

[Bug 1730927] Re: Support the new 280 character limit.

I still think this bug falls completely under point 2.1 of the SRU wiki page. Twitter changed the character limit for a reason, and to say: "just use the old limit" is not a solution, because it makes you now act differently on their service than the rest of the users, who can use the new limit.

[Bug 1730927] Re: Support the new 280 character limit.

Reading the wiki page on stable release updates[1] I see no option to get this in artful. As described in section 3, the version fixing the bug has to be tested in dev before - the problem now is that dev has 1.7.2-2 while artful has 1.6-1 thus it's not possible to test a version in dev that

[Bug 1730927] Re: Support the new 280 character limit.

Not being able to send 280 char tweets is _not_ a heavy but - just use two tweets as everyone did for years. JFTR: There will be a version in stretch-backports with 280 char support soon. I doubt it's important enough for Debian stable/updates but feel free to ask who ever is responsible. I'd

[Bug 1730927] Re: Support the new 280 character limit.

This Bug is not fixed for the actual supported packages. Since not using the correct Character Limit is a heavy bug, i think the stable packages should be updated/patched. ** Changed in: corebird (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1730927] Re: Support the new 280 character limit.

This bug was fixed in the package corebird - 1.7.2-2 --- corebird (1.7.2-2) unstable; urgency=medium * Allow 280 characters per tweet (closes: LP: #1730927) -- Philip Rinn Fri, 10 Nov 2017 17:46:56 +0100 ** Changed in: corebird (Ubuntu) Status: New