adding entry by copying in gnome-terminal causes exception "IndexError: list assignment index out of range"

[Karl-Philipp Richter]

Output of `glipper` started in terminal is

    $ glipper
    SHARED_DATA_DIR: /usr/share/glipper
    Binding shortcut <Ctrl><Alt>C to popup glipper
    Changed process name to: glipper
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glipper/History.py", line 26, in on_new_item
        self.add(item, is_from_selection)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glipper/History.py", line 69, in add
        self.history[-1] = ctrl_c_item
    IndexError: list assignment index out of range

where the traceback is repeated for every copy action where no item is added to the clipboard list.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: glipper 2.4-6
Uname: Linux 4.4.6-040406-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: openafs
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Mar 17 18:42:07 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-12 (96 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: glipper
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-03-14 (3 days ago)

[Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley)]

Thank you for reporting this bug for Ubuntu, sorry that we weren't able to provide a proper fix.

This package has been removed from the Ubuntu development release and upstream development appears to have stopped.