Hi Sethu, Thanks for the updated response/clarification. I think I now understand your concerns.
On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 07:33 +0530, கா. சேது | K. Sethu wrote: > im-switch package itself writes into the alternatives registry file > /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-input-all_ALL for inclusion of "default", > "none" and "default-xim". We can change the postinst script. > scim, uim(actually uim-xim which depends on uim-common) , gcin are > some others I have checked to find that they write into same registry > file in Debian. Haven't checked the others so could be more. e.g. scim's postinst script contains: --------------------------------------------- 34 ua_inst all_ALL scim 0 35 ua_inst ja_JP scim 50 36 ua_inst ko_KR scim 50 37 ua_inst zh_CN scim 50 38 ua_inst zh_TW scim 50 39 ua_inst zh_HK scim 50 40 ua_inst zh_SG scim 50 41 ua_inst all_ALL scim-immodule 0 42 ua_inst ja_JP scim-immodule 0 43 ua_inst ko_KR scim-immodule 0 44 ua_inst zh_CN scim-immodule 0 45 ua_inst zh_TW scim-immodule 0 46 ua_inst zh_HK scim-immodule 0 47 ua_inst zh_SG scim-immodule 0 --------------------------------------------- These postinst scripts can also be updated. > a). So while all_ALL to be deprecated, it will not be disallowed? Yes, as Osamu pointed out earlier, we need to read it if it exists. > Will you be satisfied with "every" instead of "all" to avoid closely > similar fake locale names? The proposed quasi-locale "all" is not the only problem. As I discovered last night we should not use "default" as a quasi-locale either. The string "default" is used in another context as a 'type' of IM. > b). Having the line "/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all" would defeat the > purpose of the line below it. > > scim package for CJK locales and im-switch for th_TH locale set > system-wide defaults of scim-bridge and th-xim respectively. If > another package maintainer chooses to create registry entry for > "x-input-all" then out-of-box readiness for those users will get > turned off. Are you saying we should not add functionality, in case a package maintainer abuses it? Similarly, there's nothing stopping a package maintainer from looping through all the locale names and setting them to a particular IM type. > My suggestion is to remove "/etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/all" from the > above. So the use of "all" would be restricted to user's own > configuration only and not for system wide configuration. My preference is for there to be symmetry between the user and system quasi-locales. > c) //3) Add a fake "default" locale that acts like a default.// > > Why is it necessary ? Because "all_ALL" is confusing and needs to be deprecated. I will send out the patch I had been working on. cya, # -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
