Bug#661106: RFH: scim -- smart common input method platform
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Rolf Leggewie
<debian-bugs@rolf.leggewie.biz> wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: normal
>
> I request assistance with maintaining the scim package.
>
> scim comprises software to input complex characters in non-latin languages
> such as Chinese Hanzi, Japanese Kanji or Korean Hangul and others. It
> enjoys widespread and growing use. scim is scheduled to be eventually
> obsoleted by ibus. scim still has five times the user base and that base
> in Debian is actually still growing faster than that of ibus. Developer
> interest in scim has mostly faded away both in Debian and upstream.
>
How did you get this data, such as *five times*, and how you know it
is *growing*?
> My goal as maintainer is to keep the package usable for the benefits of its
> users. That means making sure the package is free of RC bugs, adheres
> to policy and submitted patches are eventually integrated. It does not
> include original development and repeated calls for it in the past were
> simply misguided.
>
> My co-maintainer requested to step down and I thank him for his support in the
> past. Because of my limited time and skills I prefer to maintain most of my
> packages in a team of at least two and thus would call for an interested
> individual to step forward to fill the gap. Any area that you can help would
> be appreciated and I would also be willing to do some limited mentorship for
> someone getting their feet wet in packaging software. I understand packaging
> reasonably well but I'm not a good coder, somebody with complimentary skillset
> would be the perfect match.
>
> The packaging work is published in http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/scim.git
>
> The package description is:
> Smart Common Input Method (SCIM) is an input method (IM) platform. Input
> methods are needed to enter complex characters in many non-latin languages.
> SCIM provides a common platform for various plugin modules and independent IM
> programs, as well as a set of modules and programs on its own. It is highly
> modularized and exposes abstract interfaces, so that plugin modules with
> different functions can easily communicate with each other.
>
>
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YunQiang Su
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