Bug#1125263: ibus: deprecated ibus-pinyin package should not be the default installation
Control: reassign -1 ibus-pinyin
Control: tag -1 - patch newcomer l10n
2026년 1월 12일 (월) AM 1:15, Vik!ngSail <blackblack03@gmail.com>님이 작성:
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> Package: ibus
> Version: 1.5.32-2
> Severity: important
> Tags: patch newcomer l10n
> X-Debbugs-Cc: blackblack03@gmail.com
>
> Dear Maintainer,
> A long deprecated (and not-working) package "ibus-pinyin" is still being
> used as the default Pinyin Input Method. This renders ibus unable to output
> correct UTF-8 encoding for Chinese Simplified characters out-of-the-box. As the
> user has to manually remove ibus-pinyin and install a working alternative
> (often suggesed: ibus-libpinyin).
I am not sure what the "default Pinyin Input Method" implies. Do you
mean the default Debian installation? I doubt that, as ibus-pinyin has
zero reverse dependency.
> Using ibus-pinyin will result in [INVALID UTF-8] being put out in any
> input field. this is due to the ibus-pinyin package has been unmaintained for
> 16 years. The encoding does not meet modern UTF-8 standards.
>
> Here is what a user needs to do in a fresh install:
> 1. apt remove ibus-pinyin && apt install ibus-libpinyin
> 2. restart the desktop,
> 3. open Settings - Keyboard - Input Sources, add Chinese (Intelligent
> Pinyin) as a new keyboard,
> 4. open Input Method, choose ibus.
>
> I would suggest replacing ibus-pinyin with ibus-libpinyin. As stated on the
> package page for ibus-pinyin:"This pinyin input method is deprecated; new users
> should switch to
> ibus-libpinyin, which is a contemporary implementation of pinyin input method.
> "
Anyhow, the default installation is not controlled by ibus package.
You can request removal of ibus-pinyin package, or request changing
dependencies of the task-chinese-* packages if it's really the default
installation issue.
>
> Thanks and best regards,
> V
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