Re: Issues regarding input methods for Bullseye
On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 5:05 PM Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Shengjing Zhu <zhsj@debian.org> wrote (Mon, 8 Mar 2021 13:14:26 +0800):
> > IMO, we have 3 choice here:
> >
> > 1. All languages in tasksel should have a separate task for GNOME, and
> > a separate task for other DE.
> >
> > The GNOME task installs ibus related language modules. And the
> > other DE task installs the local team prefered input method and the
> > corresponding language module.
> >
> > This is my preference, since the choice of GNOME upstream and
> > maintainer shouldn't have influence on other DE. But we also respect
> > the GNOME upstream and maintainer's choice.
> >
> > However currently only Japanese has the standalone GNOME task.
>
> This option requires to add new binary packages to tasksel, if I understand
> correctly, but that is no longer possible for Bullseye, due to the freeze,
> right?
Let's loop debian-release@ as well.
Dear RT, the thread is started from
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I think there's always another option,
4. Document the incorrect default behavior of GNOME DE in the
release-notes. Tell the user to change the input method manually after
installing. And if something strange happens, uninstall ibus by hand.
--
Shengjing Zhu
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