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Revision as of 17:13, 22 December 2020
Use ibus-m17n as the default IME for Sinhala
Summary
The current default input method for Sinhala is ibus-sayura. This should change to the ibus-m17n input method “m17n:si:sayura - sayura (m17n)”
Owner
- Name: Mike Fabian
- Email: <mfabian@redhat.com>
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 34
- Last updated: 2020-12-22
- FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
- Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
The current Fedora default input method ibus-sayura seems to be not actively maintained. Fixing bugs like this one
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1724759
is therefore difficult.
The ibus-m17n input method si-sayura.mim does exactly the same (I developed this one to be an exact replacement for ibus-sayura).
As ibus-sayura offers no additional benefit, it is probably better to use ibus-m17n with si-sayura as the default input method for Sinhala. ibus-m17n has to be maintained anyway. Therefore, this saves the effort of fixing the unmaintained ibus-sayura.
Feedback
Benefit to Fedora
Save maintenance cost in maintaining ibus-sayura. si-sayura from m17n-db can be used both with ibus-m17n and with ibus-typing-booster, so actually it is more useful than ibus-sayura.
Scope
- Proposal owners:
- update default IME in comps @input methods
- update langpacks-vi to use ibus-m17n and m17n-db
- the langtable package has data about default input methods. Change this data.
- Other developers: gnome-desktop3 for default si_LK input method
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Alignment with Objectives:
Upgrade/compatibility impact
The package installed by default will change from ibus-sayura to the packages ibus-m17n and m17n-db for an installation in Sinhala.
How To Test
Install Fedora in Sinhala and check that the default input method is si-sayura with ibus-m17n.
User Experience
- There should be very little difference in typing Vietnamese as ibus-sayura and ibus-m17n with si-sayura.mim behave the same.
- The setup tool looks a little different.
- Package sizes and dependent packages are different.
- Memory usage is different.
Dependencies
ibus-m17n and m17n-db
- comps has to be updated
Contingency Plan
Revert changes back to ibus-sayura
- Contingency mechanism: Revert comps and gnome-desktop3
- Contingency deadline: Beta release
- Blocks release? No
- Blocks product? None
Documentation
https://github.com/ibus/ibus-m17n