Sync workrave 1.9.4-2 (universe) from Debian testing (main)

[Rigved Rakshit]

Please see bug 877074.for oneiric information.
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Please sync workrave 1.9.4-2 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)

Explanation of FeatureFreeze exception:

This package was apparently dropped since it built against the old gnome-panel. Debian now builds workrave without gnome-applet support so this is no longer an issue. Workrave has a 4.5 star rating by 12 people in Software Center so it would be nice to get it back.

Changelog since 1.9.3-2 (current Ubuntu version):

workrave (1.9.4-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * Stop building GNOME application and applet (closes: #638100, #614038)

   * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2
   * Add empty build-arch and build-indep target in debian/rules (lintian)

 -- Francois Marier <email address hidden> Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:14:48 +1200

workrave (1.9.4-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
    - drop all Debian patches (applied upstream)

  * Update location of .xpm menu icon
  * Remove empty /usr/include directory after building
  * Remove obsolete breaks/replaces from debian/control

 -- Francois Marier <email address hidden> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:17:18 +1300

[Rigved Rakshit (rigved)]

I can help to maintain this package.

[Michael Casadevall (mcasadevall)]

Requests for feature freeze exceptions must come from a MOTU or core developer, or ACKed by a sponsor. Please do not directly subscribe ~ubuntu-release until the bug has been reviewed by a developer. In addition, we have passed Beta freeze, and as such do not normally accept new packages into the archive past this point. Please see the Feature Freeze Exception process for full details: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess#FeatureFreeze_for_new_packages

Unsubscribing ~ubuntu-release.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[manny (estelar57)]

This tool is very important for people with RSI (repetitive stress injury)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetitive_strain_injury

[Willem de Groot (gwillem)]

Oneiric has also removed gnome-typing-monitor so AFAIK there is no alternative apart from "rsibreak" but that requires all the KDE libs.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Taking a look at this. Once it's in precise, we can track backporting to oneiric in bug 877074.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

MOTU ACK, builds on amd64, not waiting for auto sync of new packages since this was requested in oneiric and needs to be in precise first to backport

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

2011-10-24 09:58:54 INFO Creating lockfile: /var/lock/launchpad-sync-source.lock
2011-10-24 09:59:14 INFO workrave_1.9.4.orig.tar.gz: already in distro - downloading from librarian
[Updating] workrave (None [Ubuntu] < 1.9.4-2 [Debian])
 * Trying to add workrave...
2011-10-24 09:59:15 INFO - <workrave_1.9.4-2.debian.tar.gz: downloading from http://ftp.debian.org/debian/>
2011-10-24 09:59:15 INFO - <workrave_1.9.4.orig.tar.gz: cached>
2011-10-24 09:59:15 INFO - <workrave_1.9.4-2.dsc: downloading from http://ftp.debian.org/debian/>
2011-10-24 09:59:16 DEBUG Removing lock file: /var/lock/launchpad-sync-source.lock

[Franko Burolo (fburolo)]

It says "fix released", but I still don't see Workrave in the repos... What do I have to do to install it?

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

It's fixed in precise, we're tracking the oneiric backport in bug 877074.

[Gareth Jones (java-jones)]

You can download the deb packages for precise and install them into oneiric. This worked fine for me (amd64).

[Franko Burolo (fburolo)]

Thank you both! I just installed it from the Micah's PPA. Seems to work fine. :-) It's a 64 bit system, too.

[Sai Manoj Kumar Yadlapati (ysaimanojkumar)]

Please tell me how to install Workrave in oneiric. Where to download it from and how to install it.

[PhoneixS (phoneixsegovia)]

See bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/877074 for a how to install before it's back-ported.

[Anton (feenstra)]

In my Oneiric 64 (upgraded from natty), I also lost workrave - and I have a sore arm as a result of that :-(
Anyway, nothing in the official repo's, but fortunately Mica's PPA works for me. Thumbs up!

Comes back the question that gianni and daniele also asked: why was it not included in oneiric in the first place? I consider that a serious regression!

Besides, I want to stress that, for me, I use workrave because I *need* it. And I don't notice if the breaks aren't there - that's part of the reason I need it! I suspect this may be true for most users of workrave (or similar packages). Seriously, it really got me my sore arm back - which will take several weeks to fix (again).

[Anton (feenstra)]

Just updated to precise beta; and lost workrave again! I would almost start swearing here, this is so annoying!

I just added it to the unity panel whitelist, but that doesn't seem to help. (will log off and on in a minute)

[Anton (feenstra)]

OK - disabling and re-enabling unutiy plugin in ccsm and killing unity-panel-service process worked (don't like logging off unless unavoidable) - I have workrave back now.

What I don't get is why/how my unity panel whitelist got re-set? Is this a feature?