** Description changed: + SRU Details: + [Impact] + + Twitter has shut down their old API on June 11th 2013 [1]. The current + version Hotot in Ubuntu uses this old API and hence logging in to + Twitter from Hotot fails. Consequently, the whole application is + unusable. + + [Test Case] + + 1. Open Hotot. + 2. Notice that the automatic login fails to load the tweets and displays "Oops, an authentication error occured" as an error message. Manually clicking on the right arrow does not complete the log in either. + 3. Upgrade to upstream release v. 0.9.8.14 and notice that login to Twitter works. + + [Regression Potential] + Minimal, as the current version in the repositories no longer works. The new upstream release v. 0.9.8.14 is needed to switch to the new Twitter API. + + + [1] https://dev.twitter.com/blog/api-v1-retirement-final-dates + + _____________ + Workaround: Use the Hotot PPA at ppa:hotot-team/ppa, though it's not as up to date than Saucy's version of Hotot. Please see https://github.com/lyricat/Hotot/issues/553 for more information. + ______________ + + Original report: I cannot authenticate with Hotot (cannot access Twitter).
** Summary changed: - Oops, an authentication error occured! + [SRU] Oops, an authentication error occured! ** Description changed: SRU Details: - [Impact] + [Impact] Twitter has shut down their old API on June 11th 2013 [1]. The current - version Hotot in Ubuntu uses this old API and hence logging in to - Twitter from Hotot fails. Consequently, the whole application is - unusable. + version Hotot in Ubuntu 13.04 (and older) uses this old API and hence + logging in to Twitter from Hotot fails. Consequently, the whole + application is unusable. Ubuntu 13.10 has already a working version of + Hotot as part of bug 1191293. [Test Case] 1. Open Hotot. 2. Notice that the automatic login fails to load the tweets and displays "Oops, an authentication error occured" as an error message. Manually clicking on the right arrow does not complete the log in either. 3. Upgrade to upstream release v. 0.9.8.14 and notice that login to Twitter works. - [Regression Potential] + [Regression Potential] Minimal, as the current version in the repositories no longer works. The new upstream release v. 0.9.8.14 is needed to switch to the new Twitter API. - [1] https://dev.twitter.com/blog/api-v1-retirement-final-dates _____________ Workaround: Use the Hotot PPA at ppa:hotot-team/ppa, though it's not as up to date than Saucy's version of Hotot. Please see https://github.com/lyricat/Hotot/issues/553 for more information. ______________ Original report: I cannot authenticate with Hotot (cannot access Twitter). ** Changed in: hotot (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1193648 Title: [SRU] Oops, an authentication error occured! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hotot/+bug/1193648/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
