Re: Replace scim with IBUS
Satoru Matsumoto <[email protected]>
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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [opensuse-m17n] Replace scim with IBUS From: Takashi Iwai <[email protected]> To: Ming Xi Wu <[email protected]> Date: Wed Jan 27 2010 16:49:06 GMT+0900 (JST) > At Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:30:06 -0700, > Ming Xi Wu wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> I request replace SCIM to IBUS. >> >> SCIM upstream is almost dead. We should not keep an unmaintained software in openSUSE. >> >> IBUS (http://code.google.com/p/ibus/), a new developed input method is very active and full functionality, and other distributions like Ubuntu (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/desktop-karmic-input-methods) and Fedora already had done this. >> >> We have some contributors done the IBUS packaging at OBS https://build.opensuse.org/project/show?project=home:swyear:ibus . (Good work, swyear!) >> >> Everything is OK on my openSUSE 11.2 box except fail to enable it in a gnomesu window, but this is not a problem as other distributions don't have this bug. >> >> Do we have any chance to push IBUS into 11.3? > > It's fine to push IBUS to 11.3, but I strongly disagree to *drop* SCIM. > IBUS doesn't give full functionalties SCIM provides yet. > > So, make IBUS and SCIM parallel-installable (i.e. adjust the xim setup > priority right), and test the parallel installation on Factory (not > 11.2!). If this works, just do osc submitreq to Factory from M17N > repo. osc will warn you that no package in the destination, but it's > fine for new packages. > > If things go well with IBUS and people are happy with it, then we can > gradually drop SCIM. But I guess dropping SCIM will happen first > after 11.3. +1 When I tested IBus last year, I got some troubles in inputting Japanese with IBus. Maybe we need some more test before dropping SCIM. Best, -- _/_/ Satoru Matsumoto - openSUSE Member - Japan _/_/ _/_/ Marketing/Weekly News/openFATE Screening Team _/_/ _/_/ mail: helios_reds_at_gmx.net / irc: HeliosReds _/_/ _/_/ http://blog.geeko.jp/author/heliosreds _/_/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]