Comment 2 for bug 317487

it is enough to change the function progress in Notify.pm, something like

--- Notify.pm~ 2008-08-05 05:39:23.000000000 +0200
+++ Notify.pm 2009-03-06 12:00:46.681242453 +0100
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@

 sub progress {
     my $self = shift;
+ return;
     require Time::Progress;
     return if $self->{quiet};
     my $progress = Time::Progress->new();

you will lose some messages but on the other hand svk is still working