x-tile misses dependency package python-appindicator

[Hamilton Coutinho]

1. Installed x-tile package:

hamilton@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install x-tile
...
Setting up x-tile (2.5-2) ...

2. Tried to run:

hamilton@ubuntu:~$ x-tile
WM = Compiz
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/x-tile", line 66, in <module>
    x.launch_application()
  File "/usr/share/x-tile/modules/core.py", line 936, in launch_application
    self.init_from_gconf()
  File "/usr/share/x-tile/modules/core.py", line 503, in init_from_gconf
    self.status_icon_enable()
  File "/usr/share/x-tile/modules/core.py", line 363, in status_icon_enable
    self.ind = appindicator.Indicator("x-tile", "indicator-messages", appindicator.CATEGORY_APPLICATION_STATUS)
NameError: global name 'appindicator' is not defined

3. Installed missing dependency:

hamilton@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install python-appindicator
Reading package lists... Done
...
Setting up libindicator7 (12.10.2+14.04.20141007.1-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libappindicator1 (12.10.1+13.10.20130920-0ubuntu4.1) ...
Setting up python-appindicator (12.10.1+13.10.20130920-0ubuntu4.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.6) ...

4. Now app runs.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: x-tile 2.5-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-41.57~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt11
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-41-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Jun 25 16:20:23 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-24 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: x-tile
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Rune Philosof (olberd)]

Also affects version 2.5-3

[Ben Farmer (ben-farmer)]

Still affects 2.5-3, which is still the version in the Ubuntu 16.04 repositories.