Hi all,
According to https://github.com/fcitx/ , it is obvious that the fcitx upstream
has archived all fcitx 4.x-related development repositories since 2024-05.
We can now assume that the upstream support for fcitx-* packages is no longer
available.
With the shift of upstream development and fcitx 4.x being unable to support
Wayland environment from the very beginning, I believe the support for fcitx4
input method framework in Debian should be deprecated. Now it should be the
time to review all the reverse dependencies to fcitx4 and consider migrating
out of it.
Since we are late in the Debian 13 ("Trixie") development cycle, the package
deprecation or removal will not happen before Debian 13 release. I believe
that package removal will not happen earlier than Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release so
that users and developers will have enough time to make the migration.
A major source of fcitx4 package dependency is the tasksel metapackages.
Replacing occurrences of fcitx4 in tasksel with fcitx5 should be the first
thing to do next, and of course, with enough testing from users of different
locales.
Thanks,
Boyuan Yang
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