Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (883 mails)

[Michael Chang <mchang@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 04:09:08PM +0800, Marguerite Su wrote:
> Hi, last night I asked coolo about how to replace input methods in
> ISOs. he said all I have to do is to make proposal here and cc-ed to
> related parts like maintianers of those input methods and users
> interested in.
>
> Here're the names I found from OBS. they're package maintainers. below
> are their packages and locales.
>
>        Me myself: fcitx, hime. zh_CN
>
>        hillwood: fcitx zh_CN
>
>        swyear: fcitx, ibus, gcin zh_TW
>
>        tiwai: mozc, scim jp
>
>        ftake: mozc jp
>
> and if everyone feel affected or involved in this issue, please feel
> free to join.
>
> (because those input methods also support other languages besides CJK,
> although such support is minor.)
>
> and Here're the packages involved:
>
>       scim/ibus: they're the Chinese input methods in the old days.
>
>       fcitx/gcin/hime: they're the Chinese input methods in modern Linux.
>
>       mozc: it's popular IM in Japan.
>
> of course they're both for Linux, and both open source works.
>
> and the situation is, when I freshly installed openSUSE, the first
> thing I do is uninstall those old-time input methods and install new
> ones. so I wonder if this situation is common, and if it is common,
> why not replace them by default instead of leaving works to our users?
>
> so I made a survey:
> https://docs.google.com/a/marguerite.su/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDdoMmU2emxaMXNxc0VfNTAxSTNfUEE6MQ
>
> and posted on G+, forums. the temporary result I've got is this
> situation is common in Chinese Community.
>
> (tiwai or ftake, can you please translate to Japanese and spread it
> out to Japanese Community?)
>
> (since we do not have active Korean developers here, so no way to hear
> from them. so only C and J here.)
>
> and my proposal is:
>
> 1. drop scim/ibus from DVD/CD. (they're really old and react slow to
> bugs and have famous bugs)
> 2. add fcitx/gcin/mozc in. (hime is just another fork of gcin. it's
> another issue, it has a small user database)
>
> so guys what do you think?

Isn't gcin older than scim ?

I'm not a fans of scim (although now I'm using it). We can retire it
(not defalt) as it's upstream seems dead (or in zombie state) for a
long time.

Thanks,
Michael

> Marguerite
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