Fedora fixed this in June 2015. If a read their solution correctly ( https://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/amarok.git/commit/?id=fa50109140fa4482bbd1ced79ed4daf440f568ee), it's just a matter of pulling in the upstream commit mentioned in the op.
** Tags added: trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to amarok in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1532180 Title: Amaroks Wikipedia applet does not work anymore, due to Wikimedias API- change for https:// Status in amarok package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Amaroks wikipedia applet stopped showing any information. According to the upstream bug report (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349313) this is caused by a change in wikipedias api, which requires now a ssl connection. This means, that all amarok versions currently available on ubuntu are affected. The same bug report mentions a commit http://commits.kde.org/amarok/284342b48dc32341c3553fd2b0ee5069d75b58f9 which (partially) fixes the issue by making it possible to enable ssl for the applet. It might be worth backporting if possible. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: amarok 2:2.8.0-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-5.16-generic 4.3.3 Uname: Linux 4.3.0-5-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.3-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri Jan 8 13:25:04 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-22 (107 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150825) SourcePackage: amarok UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2015-10-30 (70 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amarok/+bug/1532180/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
