[Bug 1011093] Re: Changelog URL parsing not working correctly

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Title:
  Changelog URL parsing not working correctly

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  The URL parser doesn't parse all entries it should from the changelog.
  As the searching is started from the beginning of the changelog
  ('iter' variable set to the start), Software Updater takes the first
  search term and tries to find a match from the changelog starting from
  position defined by the 'iter' variable. If/when a match is found,
  Software Updater determines the end of the expression and inserts tag
  over that expression. Once the part of the changelog is tagged, 'iter'
  is set to the end of the match and search continues until there's no
  more matches. Then the next search term is picked up and the process
  starts with new search term.

  However because the 'iter' variable was just set to the end of the
  last match, the searching doesn't start from the beginning of the
  changelog - it starts at the end of last found match because variable
  'iter' is currently pointing there. This makes the Software Updater to
  miss some links it could show to the user. This problem can be seen by
  running 'python UpdateManager/ChangelogViewer.py' (the http link is
  tagged but LP: #XXX above it isn't).

  The worst case scenario is that there's an http adress at the end of
  the changelog. Because 'http' is the first search term, Software
  Updater finds the link, tags in and sets 'iter' variable point to the
  end of the changelog. After this none of the other matches Software
  Updater could tag (like all LP: #XXXXXX, Closes #YYYYYY etc.) are
  tagged because the searching always starts from the end and there's
  nothing to find.

  I've attached a patch that should fix this problem (it restores 'iter'
  back to the beginning every time new search term is selected).

  This bug happens in Quantal but as the code is same as in Precise it
  should be happening there too.

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