Please port input method function to use im-config
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ubuntu Seeds |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson | ||
im-config (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson | ||
language-selector (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
Bug Description
im-config is the successor of im-switch, featuring a much more elegant implementation and better handling of many details when launching input methods. Debian has moved to im-config for two years, and im-switch has been abandoned for such a long time. There aren't, and won't get any update from Debian anymore, and we are preparing the removal of im-switch from Debian.
Porting the function from im-switch to im-config won't be a pain, as im-config itself provides similar command line for setting input methods. All the work needed are about adapting current code to the new situation. Please don't waste time on fixing im-switch anymore, the more you fix it the more delta get generated, and the more it gets into a badly maintained status, IMHO.
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Related branches
description: | updated |
Changed in language-selector (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) |
Changed in ubuntu-seeds: | |
assignee: | nobody → Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) |
status: | New → In Progress |
Changed in language-selector (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Hi Aron,
im-switch will be replaced by im-config in Ubuntu during the Raring cycle. This is a natural consequense of the fact that the language-selector UI will be replaced by gnome-control- center' s "Region and Language", which already provides some interface to im-config. I'm sorry if my response to Ma Xiaojun's initiative in comment #91 of bug #875435 made you believe otherwise.
Ma is aware of the transition to im-config, and if I understand it correctly, her concern is about the stable releases only. But as you probably know, for an SRU request to be considered, you need to first have the changes uploaded to the current development version.