[Karmic FFe] [needs-packaging] pocketsphinx

A package (lintian-clean, etc) has been uploaded to REVU.

Can you please specify the link here?

Sure!

http://revu.tauware.de/details.py?upid=120

The newest version has been uploaded to REVU: http://revu.tauware.de/details.py?upid=2769

At long last this is ready and for Karmic! ;)

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

This requires a feature freeze exception for Karmic:

 * It is part of a UDS Karmic blueprint (https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/ubuntu-mobile-voice-user-interface)

 * It fixes broken functionality for GNOME voice control for amd64

 * It neither breaks nor effects any other packages

Hey Sebastien,

I've subscribed you because Stefan said you're our man. We (https://launchpad.net/~voice-driven-ui) would like a Feature Freeze exception to get PocketSphinx into Karmic.

As David already pointed out, it's one of the main elements when it comes to speech recognition on GNU/Linux and there was a discussion at UDS Barcelona where it was decided to include it. As it doesn't affect and other packages, I expect it to be quiet safe.

Also, it makes it possible to get gnome-voice-control 0.3 or later into Ubuntu (currently we have 0.2 -which uses sphinx3 instead of PocketSphinx- but that version doesn't work on amd64). I'm not sure yet if we can get this done for Karmic *, but still having the requirements for it in Karmic would be great.

(* So far I haven't been able to get gnome-voice-control 0.3 to build, and the version from SVN which builds also has some problems - I'm waiting for information from upstream now.)

Thanks

there is not too much issue that can come from a new component and this one seems useful to get, +1 for getting it in karmic