On 05.12.2007 (dd.mm.yyyy) the standard for computer keyboard layouts was accepted by the Bulgarian government. There are a few changes according to this announcement. You can read more about this here: http://www.methodius.org/Iniciativa.html .
The new layout was included in Windows Vista and it has replaced the old phonetic layout. Despite the fact that the Linux community intends to be faster changing and developing than Windows, Ubuntu has not yet implemented the standard phonetic layout.
Although this is the national standard for the phonetic layout some people will still want to use the old one because it is more comfortable to them.
Before the release of the new one there were 2 layouts:
-the national standard for PC keyboard layouts (it was included in Gutsy)
and
-the unofficial phonetic PC keyboard layout (it was included in Gutsy, too).
After the release, the release of the standard there were no changes to the first one. The second one was a bit changed. Here are the differences:
The most frequently used keyboards (101/102/105-key intl based) were changed to this:
http://www.metodii.com/pic/kb_2.gif
Its German version was modified like this:
http://www.metodii.com/pic/k_bg_de.gif
And the French one like this:
http://www.metodii.com/pic/k_bg_fr.gif
After the announcement the scientists from BAS (Bulgarian Academy of Science) released an immediate fix for both Windows and Linux. The instructions for installing it in Linux said that if you want to use it you have to replace the one at '/etc/X11/xkb/symbols/pc/bg' with the new one (http://lml.bas.bg/~anton/misc/bg).
Everything works fine except that it replaces the old one. I suggest that the new phonetic layout has to be included in Hardy as a third option for Bulgarian layout. The final options have to be these:
-Bulgarian national standard for PC layouts
-Bulgarian national standard for the phonetic layout
-Bulgarian unofficial phonetic layout (the old one)
I beg all fellows who see this bug report to participate in the discussion if the old phonetic layout is needed in Hardy. All other people are welcome to comment, too.
I just noticed that the copyright for the file provided by BAS is not released under GPL. Its license says:
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// Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2005 by Anton Zinoviev <email address hidden>
//
// This software may be used, modified, copied, distributed, and sold,
// in both source and binary form provided that the above copyright
// and these terms are retained. Under no circumstances is the author
// responsible for the proper functioning of this software, nor does
// the author assume any responsibility for damages incurred with its
// use.
//
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// Version 1.9-BAN
If this is a problem I will send the author an e-mail begging him to release it under GPL. :)