[needs-packaging] Include 'Caffeine' into the repo.

Bug #590564 reported by Danté
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Caffeine
Fix Released
Wishlist
Reuben Thomas
Ubuntu
Fix Released
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Caffeine is an application to pause powersaving features/screensavers.

Such an application has many use cases, as right now, not many applications are capable of preventing power-saving features where needed, (like movie players)

In particular, I have found it's ability to override the system very useful when I required my laptop lid be down as I had connected the machine to another monitor.

It is open-source, and is on Launchpad:
https://launchpad.net/caffeine

http://revu.ubuntuwire.com/p/caffeine

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

*** This is an automated message ***

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.

summary: - Include 'Caffeine' into the repo.
+ [needs-packaging] Include 'Caffeine' into the repo.
Changed in ubuntu:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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Gabe Gorelick (gabegorelick) wrote :

Added the upstream project to this bug to see if they're interested.

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Tommy Brunn (tommybrunn) wrote :

I'm not the current maintainer, but I am part of the upstream project nonetheless, and I'm very confident that we're interested in having Caffeine included in the Ubuntu repos.

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Gabe Gorelick (gabegorelick) wrote :

Thats great! The Ubuntu New Packages guide [1] lists what needs to be done.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/NewPackages

Tommy Brunn (tommybrunn)
Changed in caffeine:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Changed in ubuntu:
assignee: nobody → Isaiah Heyer (freshapplepy)
assignee: Isaiah Heyer (freshapplepy) → nobody
Changed in ubuntu:
status: New → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Isaiah Heyer (freshapplepy)
description: updated
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Bruno Bigras (brunoqc) wrote :

@Isaiah: Are you still working on a package?

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Dražen Lučanin (kermit666) wrote :

Yeah, what's happening with this? It's been over two years since this bug was first reported. I don't even count all the times I had to add the Caffeine PPA so far. It really belongs in the repos.

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Kai Mast (kai-mast) wrote :

Is this still in progress?

Come on! Somebody just has to upload the package to the repo.

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Reuben Thomas (rrt) wrote :

I will look into this once 2.5 is released.

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Reuben Thomas (rrt) wrote :

I have looked into this. The recommended way is to get the package into Debian, so I will pursue that route.

Changed in ubuntu:
assignee: Isaiah Heyer (freshapplepy) → nobody
status: In Progress → Triaged
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shankao (shankao) wrote :

Could you please add a link here to the debian related bug? Thanks

ramsesra (ramsesra200)
Changed in caffeine:
assignee: nobody → ramsesra (ramsesra200)
status: Confirmed → New
Reuben Thomas (rrt)
Changed in caffeine:
status: New → Confirmed
assignee: ramsesra (ramsesra200) → nobody
assignee: nobody → Reuben Thomas (rrt)
Changed in ubuntu:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Changed in caffeine:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Reuben Thomas (rrt) wrote :

Great stuff, thanks Amr!

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