Lot of SyntaxWarning messages for rhythmbox

[corrado venturini]

During recent updates on Ubuntu 24.04 I see Lot of SyntaxWarning messages for rhythmbox

/usr/lib/rhythmbox/plugins/alternative-toolbar/alttoolbar_plugins.py:171: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\('
  translation = re.sub('\(..\)', '', translation, flags=re.DOTALL)
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rhythmbox/plugins/lyrics/AstrawebParser.py:64: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\/'
  url = re.split('(\/display[^"]*)', entry)[1]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rhythmbox/plugins/lyrics/AstrawebParser.py:66: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\/'
  title = re.split('(\/display[^>]*)([^<]*)', entry)[2][1:].strip()
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rhythmbox/plugins/lyrics/AstrawebParser.py:97: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\/'
  lyrics = re.split('(<font face=arial size=2>)(.*)(<\/font><br></td><td*)', result)[2]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rhythmbox/plugins/lyrics/JetlyricsParser.py:50: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\.'
  m = re.search('<a href=\'(http://jetlyrics\.com/viewlyrics\.php\?id=[0-9]*)\'>', result)
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rhythmbox/plugins/lyrics/JlyricParser.py:49: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\.'
  m = re.search('<div class=\'title\'><a href=\'(/artist/[^\.]*\.html)\'>', result)
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rhythmbox/plugins/lyrics/TerraParser.py:39: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\w'
  pattern = re.compile("&(#?\w+?);")
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rhythmbox/plugins/lyrics/WinampcnParser.py:87: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\['
  lrcplaintext = re.sub('\[.*?\]', '', lrcplaintext)
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rhythmbox/plugins/lyrics/lyrics.py:44: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\('
  LYRIC_TITLE_STRIP=["\(live[^\)]*\)", "\(acoustic[^\)]*\)", "\([^\)]*mix\)", "\([^\)]*version\)", "\([^\)]*edit\)", "\(feat[^\)]*\)"]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rhythmbox/plugins/lyrics/lyrics.py:44: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\('
  LYRIC_TITLE_STRIP=["\(live[^\)]*\)", "\(acoustic[^\)]*\)", "\([^\)]*mix\)", "\([^\)]*version\)", "\([^\)]*edit\)", "\(feat[^\)]*\)"]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rhythmbox/plugins/lyrics/lyrics.py:44: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\('
  LYRIC_TITLE_STRIP=["\(live[^\)]*\)", "\(acoustic[^\)]*\)", "\([^\)]*mix\)", "\([^\)]*version\)", "\([^\)]*edit\)", "\(feat[^\)]*\)"]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rhythmbox/plugins/lyrics/lyrics.py:44: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\('
  LYRIC_TITLE_STRIP=["\(live[^\)]*\)", "\(acoustic[^\)]*\)", "\([^\)]*mix\)", "\([^\)]*version\)", "\([^\)]*edit\)", "\(feat[^\)]*\)"]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rhythmbox/plugins/lyrics/lyrics.py:44: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\('
  LYRIC_TITLE_STRIP=["\(live[^\)]*\)", "\(acoustic[^\)]*\)", "\([^\)]*mix\)", "\([^\)]*version\)", "\([^\)]*edit\)", "\(feat[^\)]*\)"]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rhythmbox/plugins/lyrics/lyrics.py:44: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\('
  LYRIC_TITLE_STRIP=["\(live[^\)]*\)", "\(acoustic[^\)]*\)", "\([^\)]*mix\)", "\([^\)]*version\)", "\([^\)]*edit\)", "\(feat[^\)]*\)"]

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Daniel Richard G. (skunk)]

Same here:

Setting up rhythmbox-plugins (3.4.7-2ubuntu2) ...
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rhythmbox/plugins/lyrics/AstrawebParser.py:64: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\/'
  url = re.split('(\/display[^"]*)', entry)[1]
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/rhythmbox/plugins/lyrics/AstrawebParser.py:66: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\/'
  title = re.split('(\/display[^>]*)([^<]*)', entry)[2][1:].strip()
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