Re: Bug#1029821: change gnome-desktop's default choice of Japanese input methods for Debian

[Shengjing Zhu <zhsj@debian.org>]

Hi

On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 5:43 PM Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> wrote:
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> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
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> On Sat, 28 Jan 2023 at 16:46:35 +0900, YOSHINO Yoshihito wrote:
> > As mentioned in Bug #984875, gnome-initial-setup's default choice of
> > input method is hardcoded in the dependent libgnome-desktop-4-2 package.
> > The Japanese one is anthy
> > https://sources.debian.org/src/gnome-desktop/43.1-1/libgnome-desktop/default-input-sources.h/#L39
> > preferred by upstream (Fedora/Red Hat) perhaps because its code base is
> > simple and easy to maintain, while this is not suitable for most Debian
> > Japanese users, who use mozc because of its better conversion quality,
> > thus task-japanese-gnome-desktop and task-japanese-desktop has preferred
> > mozc over anthy. So the hardcoded value should be adjusted for our
> > users.
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> Is there consensus among Japanese-speaking users of Debian that mozc is
> a better default for all Japanese speakers, including new users who are
> not familiar with GNOME or Debian?
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> I want to avoid changing this from anthy to mozc-jp, and then getting a
> second bug report from a different Japanese user saying that we need to
> change it back!
>

I'm not a Japanese user. But I've been frustrated in the last few days
of the Bullseye release, when Gnome's upstream choice conflicts with
Debian's tasksel.

The problem is that in Debian's tasksel, it has the prefered input
method. So if the Debian system is installed by our default installer,
the user can't have out of box input experience.

So if neither taksel or Gnome in Debian is going to change, it really
hurts our users.

-- 
Shengjing Zhu