[needs-packaging] Gnome DrWright needs packaging

[Richard Ayotte]

DrWright is Gnome's typing break application. It is currently missing in Oneiric.

The source can be found at http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/drwright/3.0/

- PPA at: https://launchpad.net/~drwright/+archive/stable
* Patched for unity and set default to disabled.
* After you install it, log out / log in.
* You can find it in gnome control center.

- ITP / RFS at http://mentors.debian.net/package/drwright

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Sai Manoj Kumar Yadlapati (ysaimanojkumar)]

Please resolve this bug soon. I am still living only because of DrWright.

[Yongzhi Pan (fossilet)]

Bump. For me typing break is indispensable. I have it in Gnome 2.x,
but it is gone for 3.x.

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Sai Manoj Kumar Yadlapati
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> DrWright.
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[Colan Schwartz (colan)]

It's now possible to use Workrave in Oneiric. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/848147 for details.

[Sai Manoj Kumar Yadlapati (ysaimanojkumar)]

Some one who can do Ubuntu Packaging, please do the packaging for Dr Wright..

[Oleksandr Basii (okolobasii)]

my idea is to convert drwright rpm (at http://pkgs.org/download/drwright) to deb. For example, my way was:

sudo apt-get install alien
 sudo alien -c drwright-3.2.2-1.fc17.i686.rpm
 sudo dpkg -i drwright_3.2.2-2_i386.deb

Once you install it, typing breaks are configurable via the System Settings menu.

[Sai Manoj Kumar Yadlapati (ysaimanojkumar)]

Its not working for me. Any other idea please.

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

PPA at: https://launchpad.net/~drwright/+archive/stable
Currently waiting for packages to be built (could take hours so.. check back tomorrow):
https://launchpad.net/~drwright/+archive/stable/+build/2996305

Patched for unity and set default to disabled.
After you install it, log out / log in.
You can find it in gnome control center.

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

ITP / RFS at http://mentors.debian.net/package/drwright

[Amaeth (dfoxpro)]

The package is here
https://launchpad.net/~drwright/+archive/stable/+packages

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

> https://launchpad.net/~drwright/+archive/stable/+packages
That is a PPA, not Ubuntu - the package is not committed to the official repositories

[Jack Leigh (leighman)]

I get multiple break notifications piling up but staying hidden under Unity, using the ppa version.
Nevertheless, would be great to get this in Ubuntu (again).

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

On 27 June 2012 13:04, Jack Leigh <email address hidden> wrote:

> I get multiple break notifications piling up but staying hidden under
> Unity, using the ppa version.
> Nevertheless, would be great to get this in Ubuntu (again).
>

If you have a patch to fix it, I'd gladly integrate it.

From a personal email reply, I think that the current upstream maintainer
is not interested in supporting Unity or other non-gnome-3 desktops.

[Ivo Jimenez (ivotron)]

how can I disable the notifications, I just want the typing break to appear, without warnings. Another question. Is there a way to have it in the indicator, as the 2.x version was (with a green/red icon).

Thanks a lot in advance

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

Hi, you should file a bug upstream about that as it is a wishlist:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/browse.cgi?product=drwright

You should also try drwright with gnome 3 (gnome shell), because the
current developer is mainly concentrated on gnome 3.x

[Neal McBurnett (nealmcb)]

It looks like drwright (aka typing break) has been abandoned, as described here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/63999/how-can-i-install-typing-break/64004#64004
As also described there, a good alternative is workrave.

But workrave also needs better integration with whatever the bloody notification/indicator/panel/new-api-of-the-day is.

Its a shame, since repetitive-strain injuries are indeed a big problem for computer users, and the folks most affected are exactly the folks that shouldn't be faced with a lot of sudden development/packaging/integration work in order to avoid injury just because they upgrade distributions.

Sigh.

[Richard Ayotte (rich-ayotte)]

I've been using Gnome Shell Pomodoro and it works well. There's package for it so you get just apt-get it. http://gnomepomodoro.org/