Bug#466384: The change of default Finnish keyboard

[Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>]

severity 466384 wishlist
retitle 466384 Please don't change the default Finnish keyboard to fi(kotoistus)
thanks

Martin-Éric Racine kirjoitti:

> On 2/23/08, Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> wrote:
> >  Debian Etch's fi(basic) is the same as Debian Sid's fi(classic) as
> > the default Finnish keyboard has changed.
>
> And changing the default is precisely what's wrong. Making it the
> Kotoisuus map available for those who want it is OK, but changing the
> default is not.

(It's called Kotoistus.)

Ok, this "bug" does not really break anything. The patch is there and
it's in the upstream as well. With the new fi(kotoistus) keyboard we
can produce more different characters than with the old. The new 
keyboard offers easier way to produce certain Finnish and international
punctuation marks which have previously been possible only through
Compose key sequences. More accented letters can also be produced
since there are more dead accent keys in the keyboard. Some rarely 
needed characters fi(kotoistus) is missing can be produced through 
Compose key sequences (superscript numbers for example).

Therefore this bug report is essentially about objecting the change of
default. It is valid opinion of course but there is not any "breaking
of things" anywhere. I retitle this accordingly and change the severity 
to "wishlist".

I do not object the change of default. I think the change is really
welcome and been long-waited because now correct Finnish and 
latin-based international text can be written more easily. I also 
want to remind that this change is not about "those who want to use new
keyboard" and certainly not only about change in Debian. It's about 
change in standard Finnish keyboard everywhere. So, if there are 
arguments for or against the change, it's not about Debian community.
It's about computer using in general level in Finland. All operating
systems included and the big picture must be taken in to consideration.
Arguments originating from this view are the only really valid ones.