Anki 0.9.9.7.8 in Lucid suffers irreparable loss of functions. sync with debian to 0.9.9.8.6-2 needed.

Sid is also using anki (0.9.9.8.6-2). it can be found at http://packages.debian.org/sid/anki . I've been using it on 4 computers (phenom x3 desktop /w 64 lucid, Pentium 4 toshiba laptop /w 32 lucid, acer 100h netbook /w 32 lucid, and an acer timeline 5810TZ /w 64 lucid) for a little over a month and have encountered no bugs to date. I haven't tested any embedded net media and have mostly used it for chinese and genetics. that said I do use it to keep my decks synchronized, I do use non-western characters, I do use embedded audio, I do use three sided cards, and I do use video. I would have to say this is a vast step forward from the current version.

In my listed computers above, the "acer 100h" should read "acer eee 1000h netbook."

I have tested that 0.9.9.8.6-2 builds and runs just fine with Lucid, unlike 0.9.9.7.8-1.

I can't find ANY version of Anki in the repos... Is it because I've got an amd64?!?

You can use the deb available on the Anki website.

Should someone make a bug report about the missing Anki?

The Ubuntu SRU team is subscribed to the bug. That means it's awaiting approval to uploaded to Lucid. When that approval is given, I am prepared to do the upload myself.

*puts on SRU hat*

Given that Maverick just opened, I'd like for the package to first be synced to Maverick from Debian. If that succeeds, then I will approve a source-copy from maverick to lucid-proposed, (and then once SRU verification completes, binary-copy to lucid-updates)

Sync has been completed.

Due to the special circumstance (A completely nonfunctional, FTBFSed package in Lucid), I propose the path of doing a source copy from Maverick to lucid-proposed and going through the SRU procedure. This has been done in the past with good success for completely broken packages.

I give the ACK for this to happen, but an Archive Admin needs to perform the magic.

0.9.9.8.6-2 is in maverick and built (I just binNEWed it).

John, we cannot copy 0.9.9.8.6-2 from maverick to lucid-proposed, since the package was built with the maverick toolchain. Likewise we cannot do a source-only copy since you can only ever (successfully) build binaries for a given package version once. (You can't have two different debs with the exact same filename).

What we could have done is to sync the package into lucid-proposed, let it build there, and then copy source and binaries from lucid-proposed to maverick (we do this all the time with SRUs these days). Now this needs a proper upload to lucid-proposed with a lower version.

You can use Mnemosyne instead of Anki, if you like. There are - as I read - import tools for Anki data as well.

You have it backwards. Anki can import Mnemosyne decks, but not the other way around.

Accepted into lucid-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Just a heads up - if lucid-proposed has moved to sqlalchemy >= 0.6, this patch will need to be applied to the Anki sources or lots of errors will occur:

http://github.com/dae/libanki/commit/a1d3f13f0a694e079be196bb2eb4ee6b67799f45

Lucid uses 0.5.8. There are no proposed updates for python-sqlalchemy.

Ok, good news. :-)

I have reproduced the problem with anki=0.9.9.7.8-1 (E: Package anki has no installation candidate) and have verified that the version of anki=0.9.9.8.6-2~lucid1 in proposed fixes the issue.

Marking as verification-done

I thought I posted verification for functionality of anki version 0.9.9.8.6-2 in lucid proposed yesterday.. wonder what happened.
anyway I have tested it across four computers of mixed hardware and had no trouble making, downloading, uploading, or syncing decks in lucid.

This bug was fixed in the package anki - 0.9.9.8.6-2~lucid1

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anki (0.9.9.8.6-2~lucid1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * Backport from maverick to fix FTBFS (LP: #550145)

anki (0.9.9.8.6-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Add Depends on python-beautifulsoup, it is not as optional as the
    README suggests (Closes: 571725)
  * Remove Build-Depends-Indep on python-sqlalchemy, another one no
    longer needed since unihan.db is not built anymore

anki (0.9.9.8.6-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Imported Upstream version 0.9.9.8.6
  * Update debian/watch with new source location at Google code
  * debian/rules: Remove dh_desktop, it no longer does anything
  * debian/rules: Add ${misc:Depends} to Depends as Lintian suggests
  * Remove build, install and associated Build-Depends of Unihan
    database, support moved from source distribution to plugins (Closes:
    551235)
  * debian/control: Remove dependencies on python-pysqlite2, Python >=
    2.5 is sufficient (Closes: 569636)
  * debian/control: Increase minimum required version of python-
    sqlalchemy to 0.4.3
  * debian/control: Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4, no changes
    necessary
  * debian/compat, debian/control: Use debhelper compat level 7
  * Add debian/anki.NEWS with information about removed language support
    and downloadable plugins that replace it
  * debian/rules: Remove executable flag from all files to be installed
    under usr/share for tidiness
  * debian/control: Update package description to reflect current state
 -- Mackenzie Morgan <email address hidden> Mon, 31 May 2010 15:55:50 -0400