Comment 26 for bug 1768166
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| Ping-Wu (wliauh) wrote Re: [Bug 1768166] Re: Random crashes | #26 |
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"My biggest concern-
"ibus-libpinyin" should be --ibus-pinyin--.
On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 2:10 PM Gunnar Hjalmarsson <
<email address hidden>> wrote:
> Call for testing
> ================
>
> I hope for help by both Ping-Wu (the bug reporter) and other Chinese
> users to test the proposed upgrade of the ibus-libpinyin package in
> Ubuntu 18.04. I have subscribed the Ubuntu CJK Testers team to this bug
> report to reach out to more possible testers.
>
> "Intelligent Pinyin", which is provided by ibus-libpinyin, is the
> default input method in Ubuntu for inputting Simplified Chinese. While
> we want to address the crash problem reported in this bug, we want to
> minimize the regression risk.
>
> The new versions of the affected packages are available in bionic-
> proposed. These are the steps to install them:
>
>
> 1. Enable bionic-proposed
> -------
>
> * Open Software & Updates and select the "Developer Options" tab.
>
> * Check the "Pre-released updates" option.
>
> 2. Update the package information on your system
> -------
>
> sudo apt update
>
> 3. Install/upgrade the packages
> -------
>
> sudo apt install ibus-libpinyin libpinyin-data libpinyin13
>
> (Please note that it's not sufficient for this test to only upgrade
> ibus-libpinyin.)
>
> 4. Disable bionic-proposed
> -------
>
> * Open Software & Updates and select the "Developer Options" tab.
>
> * Uncheck the "Pre-released updates" option.
>
> 5. Update the package information on your system
> -------
>
> sudo apt update
>
>
> With that your system is back to normal, except for those three packages
> from -proposed. You can confirm that you got the right versions by using
> this command:
>
> dpkg-query -W ibus-libpinyin libpinyin-data libpinyin13
>
> It should show this info:
>
> ibus-libpinyin 1.11.0-
> libpinyin-
> libpinyin13:amd64 2.2.2-1~
>
>
> Then I simply ask you to use "Intelligent Pinyin" for your daily needs,
> and submit a comment here after a few days about your experience. Any kinds
> of comments are helpful, both "works well" and info about issues you
> stumble upon. Most important, of course, is that no new issues are
> introduced via this upgrade.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help with this!
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https:/
>
> Title:
> Random crashes
>
> Status in ibus-libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Bionic:
> Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Bionic:
> Fix Committed
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
> Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
> Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
> [Impact]
>
> ibus-libpinyin has proved to crash far too often. One or more files in
> ~/.cache/
> directory allows the user to keep using ibus-libpinyin.
>
> In disco (and eoan) ibus-libpinyin 1.11.0 and libpinyin 2.2.2 are
> present, and the number of crashes has been reduced significantly:
>
> https:/
>
> Upstream ChangeLog ibus-libpinyin:
> -------
> version 1.11.0
> * fixes keypad decimal
> * fixes emoji candidates
> * support configurable opencc config
>
> version 1.10.92
> * fixes Enter handling
>
> version 1.10.91
> * support ime.register_
> * support predicted candidates
> * support emoji input
>
> version 1.10.0
> * bug fixes
>
> version 1.9.91
> * migrate to use GSettings
> * fixes lyx short cut issue
>
> version 1.9.3
> * translate input method name in ibus menu
>
> Upstream ChangeLog libpinyin:
> -------
> version 2.2.2
> * minor fixes
>
> version 2.2.1
> * fixes predicted candidates
>
> version 2.2.0
> * bug fixes
>
> The proposal is to backport the disco versions of those packages to
> bionic and cosmic in an attempt to prevent crashes. Proposed uploads
> are available in this PPA:
>
> https:/
>
> [Test Case]
>
> * Install from {bionic,
> - libpinyin13
> - libpinyin-data
> - ibus-libpinyin
>
> * Use "Intelligent Pinyin" for typing and confirm that no new issues
> show up when doing so.
>
> (This is apparently not a confirmation that the upload really fixes
> the bug. To compensate for that, we will await testing of the
> -proposed packages by a few Chinese users before considering the
> uploads verified.)
>
> Reverse dependencies
> -------
> Besides ibus-libpinyin, also fcitx-libpinyin and ibus-libzhuyin depend
> on packages belonging to the libpinyin source package. So additional test
> measures are:
>
> * Install fcitx-libpinyin and ibus-libzhuyin.
>
> * Use both those tools for typing Chinese, and confirm that you don't
> observe any adverse effects of the libpinyin upgrade.
>
> [Regression Potential]
>
> The changes are mostly bug fixes, so the regression risk should be
> limited. Also consider that the starting point is a rather unstable
> functionality.
>
> NOTE TO SRU TEAM: Please let the SRU age for longer than 7 days to get
> as much testing as possible. There do not seem to be too many risky
> changes carried, but such jumps in upstream versions always carry some
> regression-risk.
>
> [Original description]
>
> I have experienced random ibus-libpinyin crashes in bionic. I cannot
> reproduce it, but it occurred at least a few times, even after the
> official bionic release. Same crashes were also reported in the
> Ubuntu Chinese forum.
>
> Currently, the workaround is to delete the ~/.cache/
> folder.
>
> I talked to Peng Wu, ibus-libpinyin's creator and main maintainer, he
> suggested that we update the version of ibus-libpinyin to 1.10.
>
> Can we give this update a trial?
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
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>