Bug#964558: Please change the ibus Recommends in ibus-data to a Suggests
Package: src:ibus
Version: 1.5.22-5
Hi!
I would suggest that "Recommends: ibus" in ibus-data is replaced with
"Suggests: ibus".
The background for my request is actually an im-config matter. For some
of the Ubuntu flavors the default mode of im-config is "cjkv" instead of
"auto". I would like to change that to "auto" for as many flavors as
possible, but when reaching out to the affected teams, a Kubuntu
developer objected.
Reason: The Ubuntu version of plasma-desktop recommends ibus-data for
the emoji picker. But since ibus-data recommends ibus, ibus is always
pulled, even if it's unnecessary for non-IM users, and they don't want
im-config to automatically launch and configure ibus for everyone.
The suggestion in this bug report would stop ibus from being pulled by
default in Kubuntu, and thus open for changing "cjkv" in im-config to
"auto".
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson
https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj
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