Wishlist: stat analyses instead of just a summary

[igorsantos07]

First of all, I want to make sure this is not a complaint. I totally understand the overhaul the project has been through, but I'm writing this as the idea crossed my mind and it might not be my brightest writing. Cheers <3

So, I've used hamster-applet (which I presume was v2) for years and years, and it accumulated a lot of information on how I work. Every once in a while I visited the stats window to confirm hamster still feels I'm a night owl :owl: Then I upgraded my Linux Mint and now I'm forced to use v3 because old libs are gone... And Hamster stats are now just a summary of my work hours for the given period :(

I do miss those neat stats saying my average work start, periods, etc etc Are there plans to bring that back, or was it just a silly/fun feature that got weeded out?

[matthijskooijman]

I suspect this got dropped in the conversion to a newer GTK version, but I'm all for bringing back more stats. I won't have time to work on this, but am happy review PRs about this.

Maybe you could provide some more specific suggestions on what and how to display?

This also relates somewhat to #659.

[igorsantos07]

I'll try to come up with a VM to install the old Hamster and check how my db shows there. Unless there's an easier way to get the v2 on recent OSes?

[matthijskooijman]

I'll try to come up with a VM to install the old Hamster and check how my db shows there. Unless there's an easier way to get the v2 on recent OSes?

Sounds good. I'm not aware of any easier way.

[aquaherd]

You don't need a full blown VM:

• You can run debian stretch (oldstable) in a docker/podman container this still has hamster-applet.
• You can also run this stretch package without a hitch in buster (stable) until you enable buster-backports where a backported hamster-time-tracker package (version 3.0.2-3~bpo10+1) naturally conflicts with hamster-applet.

Addendum: If going the docker route, use docker pull debian:stretch-slim to get a more minimal image.