Re: [Bug 1768166] Re: Random crashes

[Ping-Wu]

I tried your ibus-pinyin ppa; the problem still persists.  I will explain
that in better detail later.  Basically, after 18.04 (no problem there),
ibus-pinyin fails to update the hierarchy of an "entered" word or phase in
the "candidate list".   This is one of the most important features of a
Chinese input tool.  Without it, thhis tool is unusable.

The Chinese Ubuntu forum member who helped testing ibus-libpinyin 1.11
(百草谷居--btw, he is also a CPA）mentioned two important features that are
lacking in ibus-libpinyin which actually also prevented him from using this
input tool (except for doing this test).  Both features are available (&
kicking) in ibus-pinyin.

However, my most critical concern is always about stability.  I have used
the same old ibus-pinyin Chinese input tool since 18.04 daily built first
became available and have not had any problem.  As I mentioned in previous
communications, for some unknown reason ibus-pinyin doesn't work well in
Fedora/RedHat (though it can be installed without any problem), in reasons
probably similar to why ibus-pinyin is not working well in 19.04/19.10.
This is the main reason that I am not too thrilled about Fedora.

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 12:42 AM Gunnar Hjalmarsson <
1768...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> Thanks Ping-Wu!
>
> Our attempts to recruit additional Chinese testers failed unfortunately.
> My view is that we still are ready to consider the proposed packages
> verified. I base my view on:
>
> * The bug reporter's test results according to comment #35
>
> * My own verification measures according to comment #23
>
> * The reporter of bug #1829947 expressed a positive testimony as to
>   the ibus-libpinyin version we are backporting here (comment #20 in
>   that report).
>
> * The proposed packages have 'matured' in -proposed for soon three
>   weeks.
>
> ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic
> verification-needed-cosmic
> ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-bionic
> verification-done-cosmic
>
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>
> Title:
>   Random crashes
>
> Status in ibus-libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
>   [Impact]
>
>   ibus-libpinyin has proved to crash far too often. One or more files in
>   ~/.cache/ibus/libpinyin get corrupted somehow, and emptying that
>   directory allows the user to keep using ibus-libpinyin.
>
>   In disco (and eoan) ibus-libpinyin 1.11.0 and libpinyin 2.2.2 are
>   present, and the number of crashes has been reduced significantly:
>
>   https://errors.ubuntu.com/?package=ibus-libpinyin=month
>
>   Upstream ChangeLog ibus-libpinyin:
>   --
>   version 1.11.0
>   * fixes keypad decimal
>   * fixes emoji candidates
>   * support configurable opencc config
>
>   version 1.10.92
>   * fixes Enter handling
>
>   version 1.10.91
>   * support ime.register_trigger in lua extension
>   * support predicted candidates
>   * support emoji input
>
>   version 1.10.0
>   * bug fixes
>
>   version 1.9.91
>   * migrate to use GSettings
>   * fixes lyx short cut issue
>
>   version 1.9.3
>   * translate input method name in ibus menu
>
>   Upstream ChangeLog libpinyin:
>   -
>   version 2.2.2
>   * minor fixes
>
>   version 2.2.1
>   * fixes predicted candidates
>
>   version 2.2.0
>   * bug fixes
>
>   The proposal is to backport the disco versions of those packages to
>   bionic and cosmic in an attempt to prevent crashes. Proposed uploads
>   are available in this PPA:
>
>   https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/ibus-libpinyin
>
>   [Test Case]
>
>   * Install from {bionic,cosmic}-proposed:
> - libpinyin13
> - libpinyin-data
> - ibus-libpinyin
>
>   * Use "Intelligent Pinyin" for typing and confirm that no new issues
> show up when doing so.
>
>   (This is apparently not a confirmation that the upload really fixes
>   the bug. To compensate for that, we will await testing of the
>   -proposed packages by a few Chinese users before considering the
>   uploads verified.)
>
>   Reverse dependencies
>   
>   Besides ibus-libpinyin, also fcitx-libpinyin and ibus-libzhuyin depend
> on packages belonging to the libpinyin source package. So additional test
> measures are:
>
>   * Install fcitx-libpinyin and ibus-libzhuyin.
>
>   * Use both those tools for typing Chinese, and confirm that you don't
> observe any adverse effects of the libpinyin upgrade.
>
>   [Regression Potential]
>
>   The changes are mostly bug fixes, so the regression risk 

Re: [Bug 1768166] Re: Random crashes

[Ping-Wu]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus-libpinyin/bug/1768166/comments/24


On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 12:25 AM Gunnar Hjalmarsson <
1768...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> This is a friendly reminder of my "call for testing" about a week ago.
>
> Before moving the proposed upgrade of ibus-libpinyin and friends to
> bionic-updates, it would be highly desirable to get feedback from a few
> users who speak Simplified Chinese. So if you can help with this, and
> assuming you are on a 18.04 machine, you find the details about how to
> install from -proposed in comment #24 of this bug report.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus-
> libpinyin/+bug/1768166/comments/24
>
> Please submit any feedback you are able to provide as a comment on this
> bug report.
>
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>
> Title:
>   Random crashes
>
> Status in ibus-libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
>   [Impact]
>
>   ibus-libpinyin has proved to crash far too often. One or more files in
>   ~/.cache/ibus/libpinyin get corrupted somehow, and emptying that
>   directory allows the user to keep using ibus-libpinyin.
>
>   In disco (and eoan) ibus-libpinyin 1.11.0 and libpinyin 2.2.2 are
>   present, and the number of crashes has been reduced significantly:
>
>   https://errors.ubuntu.com/?package=ibus-libpinyin=month
>
>   Upstream ChangeLog ibus-libpinyin:
>   --
>   version 1.11.0
>   * fixes keypad decimal
>   * fixes emoji candidates
>   * support configurable opencc config
>
>   version 1.10.92
>   * fixes Enter handling
>
>   version 1.10.91
>   * support ime.register_trigger in lua extension
>   * support predicted candidates
>   * support emoji input
>
>   version 1.10.0
>   * bug fixes
>
>   version 1.9.91
>   * migrate to use GSettings
>   * fixes lyx short cut issue
>
>   version 1.9.3
>   * translate input method name in ibus menu
>
>   Upstream ChangeLog libpinyin:
>   -
>   version 2.2.2
>   * minor fixes
>
>   version 2.2.1
>   * fixes predicted candidates
>
>   version 2.2.0
>   * bug fixes
>
>   The proposal is to backport the disco versions of those packages to
>   bionic and cosmic in an attempt to prevent crashes. Proposed uploads
>   are available in this PPA:
>
>   https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/ibus-libpinyin
>
>   [Test Case]
>
>   * Install from {bionic,cosmic}-proposed:
> - libpinyin13
> - libpinyin-data
> - ibus-libpinyin
>
>   * Use "Intelligent Pinyin" for typing and confirm that no new issues
> show up when doing so.
>
>   (This is apparently not a confirmation that the upload really fixes
>   the bug. To compensate for that, we will await testing of the
>   -proposed packages by a few Chinese users before considering the
>   uploads verified.)
>
>   Reverse dependencies
>   
>   Besides ibus-libpinyin, also fcitx-libpinyin and ibus-libzhuyin depend
> on packages belonging to the libpinyin source package. So additional test
> measures are:
>
>   * Install fcitx-libpinyin and ibus-libzhuyin.
>
>   * Use both those tools for typing Chinese, and confirm that you don't
> observe any adverse effects of the libpinyin upgrade.
>
>   [Regression Potential]
>
>   The changes are mostly bug fixes, so the regression risk should be
>   limited. Also consider that the starting point is a rather unstable
>   functionality.
>
>   NOTE TO SRU TEAM: Please let the SRU age for longer than 7 days to get
>   as much testing as possible. There do not seem to be too many risky
>   changes carried, but such jumps in upstream versions always carry some
>   regression-risk.
>
>   [Original description]
>
>   I have experienced random ibus-libpinyin crashes in bionic.  I cannot
>   reproduce it, but it occurred at least a few times, even after the
>   official bionic release.  Same crashes were also reported in the
>   Ubuntu Chinese forum.
>
>   Currently, the workaround is to delete the ~/.cache/ibus/libpinyin
>   folder.
>
>   I talked to Peng Wu, ibus-libpinyin's creator and main maintainer, he
>   suggested that we update the version of ibus-libpinyin to 1.10.
>
>   Can we give this update a trial?
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus-libpinyin/+bug/1768166/+subscriptions
>

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Re: [Bug 1768166] Re: Random crashes

[Ping-Wu]

The correct link should be:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus-
libpinyin/+bug/1768166/comments/24

On Sun, Jun 9, 2019 at 12:25 AM Gunnar Hjalmarsson <
1768...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> This is a friendly reminder of my "call for testing" about a week ago.
>
> Before moving the proposed upgrade of ibus-libpinyin and friends to
> bionic-updates, it would be highly desirable to get feedback from a few
> users who speak Simplified Chinese. So if you can help with this, and
> assuming you are on a 18.04 machine, you find the details about how to
> install from -proposed in comment #24 of this bug report.
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus-
> libpinyin/+bug/1768166/comments/24
>
> Please submit any feedback you are able to provide as a comment on this
> bug report.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768166
>
> Title:
>   Random crashes
>
> Status in ibus-libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
>   [Impact]
>
>   ibus-libpinyin has proved to crash far too often. One or more files in
>   ~/.cache/ibus/libpinyin get corrupted somehow, and emptying that
>   directory allows the user to keep using ibus-libpinyin.
>
>   In disco (and eoan) ibus-libpinyin 1.11.0 and libpinyin 2.2.2 are
>   present, and the number of crashes has been reduced significantly:
>
>   https://errors.ubuntu.com/?package=ibus-libpinyin=month
>
>   Upstream ChangeLog ibus-libpinyin:
>   --
>   version 1.11.0
>   * fixes keypad decimal
>   * fixes emoji candidates
>   * support configurable opencc config
>
>   version 1.10.92
>   * fixes Enter handling
>
>   version 1.10.91
>   * support ime.register_trigger in lua extension
>   * support predicted candidates
>   * support emoji input
>
>   version 1.10.0
>   * bug fixes
>
>   version 1.9.91
>   * migrate to use GSettings
>   * fixes lyx short cut issue
>
>   version 1.9.3
>   * translate input method name in ibus menu
>
>   Upstream ChangeLog libpinyin:
>   -
>   version 2.2.2
>   * minor fixes
>
>   version 2.2.1
>   * fixes predicted candidates
>
>   version 2.2.0
>   * bug fixes
>
>   The proposal is to backport the disco versions of those packages to
>   bionic and cosmic in an attempt to prevent crashes. Proposed uploads
>   are available in this PPA:
>
>   https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/ibus-libpinyin
>
>   [Test Case]
>
>   * Install from {bionic,cosmic}-proposed:
> - libpinyin13
> - libpinyin-data
> - ibus-libpinyin
>
>   * Use "Intelligent Pinyin" for typing and confirm that no new issues
> show up when doing so.
>
>   (This is apparently not a confirmation that the upload really fixes
>   the bug. To compensate for that, we will await testing of the
>   -proposed packages by a few Chinese users before considering the
>   uploads verified.)
>
>   Reverse dependencies
>   
>   Besides ibus-libpinyin, also fcitx-libpinyin and ibus-libzhuyin depend
> on packages belonging to the libpinyin source package. So additional test
> measures are:
>
>   * Install fcitx-libpinyin and ibus-libzhuyin.
>
>   * Use both those tools for typing Chinese, and confirm that you don't
> observe any adverse effects of the libpinyin upgrade.
>
>   [Regression Potential]
>
>   The changes are mostly bug fixes, so the regression risk should be
>   limited. Also consider that the starting point is a rather unstable
>   functionality.
>
>   NOTE TO SRU TEAM: Please let the SRU age for longer than 7 days to get
>   as much testing as possible. There do not seem to be too many risky
>   changes carried, but such jumps in upstream versions always carry some
>   regression-risk.
>
>   [Original description]
>
>   I have experienced random ibus-libpinyin crashes in bionic.  I cannot
>   reproduce it, but it occurred at least a few times, even after the
>   official bionic release.  Same crashes were also reported in the
>   Ubuntu Chinese forum.
>
>   Currently, the workaround is to delete the ~/.cache/ibus/libpinyin
>   folder.
>
>   I talked to Peng Wu, ibus-libpinyin's creator and main maintainer, he
>   suggested that we update the version of ibus-libpinyin to 1.10.
>
>   Can we give this update a trial?
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus-libpinyin/+bug/1768166/+subscriptions
>

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Title:
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Re: [Bug 1768166] Re: Random crashes

[Ping-Wu]

Duly noted.

I am hitting a brick wall in the Chinese Ubuntu forum.  It turns out that
nobody is using the ibus-libpinyin input method.

Would you be interested in using, as part of your daily routine, an input
tool that can suddenly crash and cannot be recovered until you delete all
the vocabulary that you have painstakingly built?  I won't blame them.

Switching to a different Chinese input method is much more involved than
you may think.  Even temporarily.  I might be able to personally force one
or two Chinese Ubuntu forum participants to test your proposed changes.
But that's about it for now.


On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 10:30 AM Gunnar Hjalmarsson <
1768...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> @Ping-Wu: Which tools for inputting Chinese should be available on
> Ubuntu going forward is indeed a valid discussion, but this bug report
> is not a proper place for it. I notice your strong interest in the
> topic, and if you want to start such a discussion, I would suggest that
> you start a thread at .
>
> For Ubuntu 18.04 we have the tools which are in the archive, and ibus-
> libpinyin ("Intelligent Pinyin") is the default method for Simplified
> Chinese. This bug (filed by yourself) is about upgrading the software
> for that method, and only that.
>
> So can we please focus here on testing the proposal to upgrade, and hold
> the wider discussion in e.g. the Ubuntu Community Hub?
>
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>
> Title:
>   Random crashes
>
> Status in ibus-libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
>   [Impact]
>
>   ibus-libpinyin has proved to crash far too often. One or more files in
>   ~/.cache/ibus/libpinyin get corrupted somehow, and emptying that
>   directory allows the user to keep using ibus-libpinyin.
>
>   In disco (and eoan) ibus-libpinyin 1.11.0 and libpinyin 2.2.2 are
>   present, and the number of crashes has been reduced significantly:
>
>   https://errors.ubuntu.com/?package=ibus-libpinyin=month
>
>   Upstream ChangeLog ibus-libpinyin:
>   --
>   version 1.11.0
>   * fixes keypad decimal
>   * fixes emoji candidates
>   * support configurable opencc config
>
>   version 1.10.92
>   * fixes Enter handling
>
>   version 1.10.91
>   * support ime.register_trigger in lua extension
>   * support predicted candidates
>   * support emoji input
>
>   version 1.10.0
>   * bug fixes
>
>   version 1.9.91
>   * migrate to use GSettings
>   * fixes lyx short cut issue
>
>   version 1.9.3
>   * translate input method name in ibus menu
>
>   Upstream ChangeLog libpinyin:
>   -
>   version 2.2.2
>   * minor fixes
>
>   version 2.2.1
>   * fixes predicted candidates
>
>   version 2.2.0
>   * bug fixes
>
>   The proposal is to backport the disco versions of those packages to
>   bionic and cosmic in an attempt to prevent crashes. Proposed uploads
>   are available in this PPA:
>
>   https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/ibus-libpinyin
>
>   [Test Case]
>
>   * Install from {bionic,cosmic}-proposed:
> - libpinyin13
> - libpinyin-data
> - ibus-libpinyin
>
>   * Use "Intelligent Pinyin" for typing and confirm that no new issues
> show up when doing so.
>
>   (This is apparently not a confirmation that the upload really fixes
>   the bug. To compensate for that, we will await testing of the
>   -proposed packages by a few Chinese users before considering the
>   uploads verified.)
>
>   Reverse dependencies
>   
>   Besides ibus-libpinyin, also fcitx-libpinyin and ibus-libzhuyin depend
> on packages belonging to the libpinyin source package. So additional test
> measures are:
>
>   * Install fcitx-libpinyin and ibus-libzhuyin.
>
>   * Use both those tools for typing Chinese, and confirm that you don't
> observe any adverse effects of the libpinyin upgrade.
>
>   [Regression Potential]
>
>   The changes are mostly bug fixes, so the regression risk should be
>   limited. Also consider that the starting point is a rather unstable
>   functionality.
>
>   NOTE TO SRU TEAM: Please let the SRU age for longer than 7 days to get
>   as much testing as possible. There do not seem to be too many risky
>   changes carried, but such jumps in upstream versions always carry some
>   regression-risk.
>
>   [Original description]
>
>   I have experienced random ibus-libpinyin crashes in bionic.  I cannot
>   reproduce it, but it occurred at least a few times, even after the
>   official bionic release.  Same crashes were also 

Re: [Bug 1768166] Re: Random crashes

[Ping-Wu]

I have been hearing this swan song for several years now that ibus-pinyin
is being or has been deprecated.  Actually it is a miracle that ibus-pinyin
still works in Ubuntu--*and only in Ubuntu*.  For unknown and very strange
reasons, I can never make ibus-pinyin work in Fedora, or even in Debian.
Indeed, this is the main reason that I am sticking with Ubuntu, even though
I was one of the very first supporters of the Fedora Linux when it was
being developed at the University of Hawaii.

Most Linux users in the Chinese Ubuntu forum actually use Sogou pinyin
(搜狗拼音）, this is a proprietary program running on the fcitx input
framework.  Sogou pinyin is definitely better than ibus-libpinyin (very few
people actually use ibus-libpinyin), but is inferior to ibus-pinyin in
terms of speed and stability.  We have a pro bono project in Honolulu
teaching seniors to be proficient in computers. Since many of our students
are of Chinese descent, our program also includes teaching them how to
input Chinese characters.  Ibus-pinyin has been our choice of Chinese input
tool because of its snappiness and being trouble-free.  You would think
that these two characters should also make ibus-pinyin a favorable Chinese
input engine?  But since so few people in China are using Linux desktops,
logic doesn't make sense.  It is the so-called upstream developers (mainly
Peng Wu of Red Hat), or the lack thereof (ibus-pinyin developers), that
prevails.

Based on my interactions with many Chinese Ubuntu forum elders, I am NOT
surprised that the upstream developers do not think highly of ibus-pinyin.
The reasons are three-fold: first, they are not using the right distro
(i.e., not using Ubuntu); second, they did not install a Ubuntu-specific
ibus-pinyin database (i.e., system-wide vocabulary); and third, they have
not used ibus-pinyin long enough (i.e., they do not have their own user
vocabulary).

I think upstream developers do not like ibus-pinyin also because it does
not have many bells and whistles (e.g., inputting emojis which I absolutely
could care less).  But ibus-pinyin also has some of the critical features
that are lacking in ibus-libpinyin.  For example, the latter cannot
conveniently input special symbols (many in the Chinese Ubuntu forum think
this a main reason not to use ibus-libpinyin).  Also, ibus-libpinyin will
treat a decimal point as a Chinese period, such as 19。04 (which should be
19.04）.   But most important AFAIC, ibus-pinyin uses a simple,
straightforward sqlite database structure that is very easy to comprehend.
How the table-lookup database is structured in ibus-libpinyin is
complicated and undocumented.

Many members of the Chinese Ubuntu forum have a very negative attitude
towards ibus-libpinyin partly because of the personality of its principal
developer Peng Wu.  They have always complained about being contemptuously
snobbed when they visited the ibus-libpinyin GitHub forum (many were told
to switch to Fedora).  I myself also could never get a straight answer from
Peng Wu.

I sincerely hope that your effort to make ibus-libpinyin stable ("stable"
in an absolute sense) will help attracting more users--ibus-libpinyin in
specific and Ubuntu in general.  I will definitely use it at least
occasionally to make sure that everything is OK.  Should Ubuntu
powers-that-be make an unfortunate decision and drop ibus-pinyin from its
archive, I will simply freeze my version of Ubuntu at 18.04, which is now
turning out to be exceptionally good.

On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 9:20 PM Gunnar Hjalmarsson <
1768...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> @Ping-Wu: ibus-pinyin will soon be removed from the archive.
>
> $ zcat /usr/share/doc/ibus-pinyin/NEWS.Debian.gz
> ibus-pinyin (1.5.0-5) unstable; urgency=medium
>
> Package ibus-pinyin is now deprecated; its upstream has stopped
> development
> for years in favour of new ibus-libpinyin. New ibus users should
> install
> ibus-libpinyin instead of this package. This package (ibus-pinyin)
> will be
> removed after Debian Buster (Debian 10) release.
>
>  -- Boyuan Yang   Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:53:42 -0400
>
> Seems like it won't be present in the Ubuntu 20.04 archive.
>
> So let's focus 100% on ibus-libpinyin at this bug report.
>
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> Title:
>   Random crashes
>
> Status in ibus-libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
>   [Impact]
>
>   ibus-libpinyin has proved to crash far too often. One or more files in
>   ~/.cache/ibus/libpinyin get corrupted somehow, and emptying that
>   directory allows the 

Re: [Bug 1768166] Re: Random crashes

[Ping-Wu]

"My biggest concern--ibus-libpinyin, also is working OK!"

"ibus-libpinyin" should be --ibus-pinyin--.

On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 2:10 PM Gunnar Hjalmarsson <
1768...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> Call for testing
> 
>
> I hope for help by both Ping-Wu (the bug reporter) and other Chinese
> users to test the proposed upgrade of the ibus-libpinyin package in
> Ubuntu 18.04. I have subscribed the Ubuntu CJK Testers team to this bug
> report to reach out to more possible testers.
>
> "Intelligent Pinyin", which is provided by ibus-libpinyin, is the
> default input method in Ubuntu for inputting Simplified Chinese. While
> we want to address the crash problem reported in this bug, we want to
> minimize the regression risk.
>
> The new versions of the affected packages are available in bionic-
> proposed. These are the steps to install them:
>
>
> 1. Enable bionic-proposed
> -
>
> * Open Software & Updates and select the "Developer Options" tab.
>
> * Check the "Pre-released updates" option.
>
> 2. Update the package information on your system
> 
>
> sudo apt update
>
> 3. Install/upgrade the packages
> ---
>
> sudo apt install ibus-libpinyin libpinyin-data libpinyin13
>
> (Please note that it's not sufficient for this test to only upgrade
> ibus-libpinyin.)
>
> 4. Disable bionic-proposed
> --
>
> * Open Software & Updates and select the "Developer Options" tab.
>
> * Uncheck the "Pre-released updates" option.
>
> 5. Update the package information on your system
> 
>
> sudo apt update
>
>
> With that your system is back to normal, except for those three packages
> from -proposed. You can confirm that you got the right versions by using
> this command:
>
> dpkg-query -W ibus-libpinyin libpinyin-data libpinyin13
>
> It should show this info:
>
> ibus-libpinyin  1.11.0-1ubuntu0.18.04.1
> libpinyin-data:amd642.2.2-1~ubuntu18.04.1
> libpinyin13:amd64   2.2.2-1~ubuntu18.04.1
>
>
> Then I simply ask you to use "Intelligent Pinyin" for your daily needs,
> and submit a comment here after a few days about your experience. Any kinds
> of comments are helpful, both "works well" and info about issues you
> stumble upon. Most important, of course, is that no new issues are
> introduced via this upgrade.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help with this!
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768166
>
> Title:
>   Random crashes
>
> Status in ibus-libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
>   [Impact]
>
>   ibus-libpinyin has proved to crash far too often. One or more files in
>   ~/.cache/ibus/libpinyin get corrupted somehow, and emptying that
>   directory allows the user to keep using ibus-libpinyin.
>
>   In disco (and eoan) ibus-libpinyin 1.11.0 and libpinyin 2.2.2 are
>   present, and the number of crashes has been reduced significantly:
>
>   https://errors.ubuntu.com/?package=ibus-libpinyin=month
>
>   Upstream ChangeLog ibus-libpinyin:
>   --
>   version 1.11.0
>   * fixes keypad decimal
>   * fixes emoji candidates
>   * support configurable opencc config
>
>   version 1.10.92
>   * fixes Enter handling
>
>   version 1.10.91
>   * support ime.register_trigger in lua extension
>   * support predicted candidates
>   * support emoji input
>
>   version 1.10.0
>   * bug fixes
>
>   version 1.9.91
>   * migrate to use GSettings
>   * fixes lyx short cut issue
>
>   version 1.9.3
>   * translate input method name in ibus menu
>
>   Upstream ChangeLog libpinyin:
>   -
>   version 2.2.2
>   * minor fixes
>
>   version 2.2.1
>   * fixes predicted candidates
>
>   version 2.2.0
>   * bug fixes
>
>   The proposal is to backport the disco versions of those packages to
>   bionic and cosmic in an attempt to prevent crashes. Proposed uploads
>   are available in this PPA:
>
>   https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/ibus-libpinyin
>
>   [Test Case]
>
>   * Install from {bionic,cosmic}-proposed:
> - libpinyin13
> - libpinyin-data
> - ibus-libpinyin
>
>   * Use "Intelligent Pinyin" for typing and confirm that no new issues
> show up when doing so.
>
>   (This is apparently not a confirmation that the upload really fixes
>   the bug. To compensate for that, we will await testing of the
>   -proposed packages by a few Chinese users before considering the
>   uploads verified.)
>
>   Reverse dependencies
>   

Re: [Bug 1768166] Re: Random crashes

[Ping-Wu]

At the first run, things are looking good.  My biggest
concern--ibus-libpinyin, also is working OK!

On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 2:10 PM Gunnar Hjalmarsson <
1768...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> Call for testing
> 
>
> I hope for help by both Ping-Wu (the bug reporter) and other Chinese
> users to test the proposed upgrade of the ibus-libpinyin package in
> Ubuntu 18.04. I have subscribed the Ubuntu CJK Testers team to this bug
> report to reach out to more possible testers.
>
> "Intelligent Pinyin", which is provided by ibus-libpinyin, is the
> default input method in Ubuntu for inputting Simplified Chinese. While
> we want to address the crash problem reported in this bug, we want to
> minimize the regression risk.
>
> The new versions of the affected packages are available in bionic-
> proposed. These are the steps to install them:
>
>
> 1. Enable bionic-proposed
> -
>
> * Open Software & Updates and select the "Developer Options" tab.
>
> * Check the "Pre-released updates" option.
>
> 2. Update the package information on your system
> 
>
> sudo apt update
>
> 3. Install/upgrade the packages
> ---
>
> sudo apt install ibus-libpinyin libpinyin-data libpinyin13
>
> (Please note that it's not sufficient for this test to only upgrade
> ibus-libpinyin.)
>
> 4. Disable bionic-proposed
> --
>
> * Open Software & Updates and select the "Developer Options" tab.
>
> * Uncheck the "Pre-released updates" option.
>
> 5. Update the package information on your system
> 
>
> sudo apt update
>
>
> With that your system is back to normal, except for those three packages
> from -proposed. You can confirm that you got the right versions by using
> this command:
>
> dpkg-query -W ibus-libpinyin libpinyin-data libpinyin13
>
> It should show this info:
>
> ibus-libpinyin  1.11.0-1ubuntu0.18.04.1
> libpinyin-data:amd642.2.2-1~ubuntu18.04.1
> libpinyin13:amd64   2.2.2-1~ubuntu18.04.1
>
>
> Then I simply ask you to use "Intelligent Pinyin" for your daily needs,
> and submit a comment here after a few days about your experience. Any kinds
> of comments are helpful, both "works well" and info about issues you
> stumble upon. Most important, of course, is that no new issues are
> introduced via this upgrade.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help with this!
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768166
>
> Title:
>   Random crashes
>
> Status in ibus-libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   Fix Committed
> Status in libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   Fix Committed
>
> Bug description:
>   [Impact]
>
>   ibus-libpinyin has proved to crash far too often. One or more files in
>   ~/.cache/ibus/libpinyin get corrupted somehow, and emptying that
>   directory allows the user to keep using ibus-libpinyin.
>
>   In disco (and eoan) ibus-libpinyin 1.11.0 and libpinyin 2.2.2 are
>   present, and the number of crashes has been reduced significantly:
>
>   https://errors.ubuntu.com/?package=ibus-libpinyin=month
>
>   Upstream ChangeLog ibus-libpinyin:
>   --
>   version 1.11.0
>   * fixes keypad decimal
>   * fixes emoji candidates
>   * support configurable opencc config
>
>   version 1.10.92
>   * fixes Enter handling
>
>   version 1.10.91
>   * support ime.register_trigger in lua extension
>   * support predicted candidates
>   * support emoji input
>
>   version 1.10.0
>   * bug fixes
>
>   version 1.9.91
>   * migrate to use GSettings
>   * fixes lyx short cut issue
>
>   version 1.9.3
>   * translate input method name in ibus menu
>
>   Upstream ChangeLog libpinyin:
>   -
>   version 2.2.2
>   * minor fixes
>
>   version 2.2.1
>   * fixes predicted candidates
>
>   version 2.2.0
>   * bug fixes
>
>   The proposal is to backport the disco versions of those packages to
>   bionic and cosmic in an attempt to prevent crashes. Proposed uploads
>   are available in this PPA:
>
>   https://launchpad.net/~gunnarhj/+archive/ubuntu/ibus-libpinyin
>
>   [Test Case]
>
>   * Install from {bionic,cosmic}-proposed:
> - libpinyin13
> - libpinyin-data
> - ibus-libpinyin
>
>   * Use "Intelligent Pinyin" for typing and confirm that no new issues
> show up when doing so.
>
>   (This is apparently not a confirmation that the upload really fixes
>   the bug. To compensate for that, we will await testing of the
>   -proposed packages by a few Chinese users before considering the
>   uploads verified.)
>
>   Reverse dependencies
>   
> 

Re: [Bug 1768166] Re: Random crashes

[Ping-Wu]

As I stated in the Chinese Ubuntu forum, I almost always stick to only the
LTS versions of Ubuntu.  I made an exception wrt 18.04 LTS and moved up to
19.04 and even 19.10 because ibus-libpinyin 1.11 is not available in
18.04.  However, 19.04 and 19.10 have their own problems and are not
recommended at least for now.

On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 4:22 AM Gunnar Hjalmarsson <
1768...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> I have hesitated about upgrading, since the problem seems to have been
> present also with version 1.10 according to the crash reports.
>
> However, in Ubuntu 19.04 ibus-libpinyin was upgraded to 1.11, and it
> looks like there is a significant reduction of crashes in 19.04 compared
> to 18.04 and 18.10.
>
> https://errors.ubuntu.com/?package=ibus-libpinyin=month
>
> So I'm going to do this now.
>
> ** Also affects: libpinyin (Ubuntu Cosmic)
>Importance: Undecided
>Status: New
>
> ** Also affects: ibus-libpinyin (Ubuntu Cosmic)
>Importance: Undecided
>Status: New
>
> ** Changed in: ibus-libpinyin (Ubuntu Cosmic)
>Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> ** Changed in: ibus-libpinyin (Ubuntu Cosmic)
>Status: New => In Progress
>
> ** Changed in: ibus-libpinyin (Ubuntu Cosmic)
>  Assignee: (unassigned) => Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
>
> ** Changed in: libpinyin (Ubuntu Cosmic)
>Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> ** Changed in: libpinyin (Ubuntu Cosmic)
>Status: New => In Progress
>
> ** Changed in: libpinyin (Ubuntu Cosmic)
>  Assignee: (unassigned) => Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)
>
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>
> Title:
>   Random crashes
>
> Status in ibus-libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Fix Released
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   In Progress
> Status in libpinyin source package in Bionic:
>   In Progress
> Status in ibus-libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   In Progress
> Status in libpinyin source package in Cosmic:
>   In Progress
>
> Bug description:
>   I have experienced random ibus-libpinyin crashes in bionic.  I cannot
>   reproduce it, but it occurred at least a few times, even after the
>   official bionic release.  Same crashes were also reported in the
>   Ubuntu Chinese forum.
>
>   Currently, the workaround is to delete the ~/.cache/ibus/libpinyin
>   folder.
>
>   I talked to Peng Wu, ibus-libpinyin's creator and main maintainer, he
>   suggested that we update the version of ibus-libpinyin to 1.10.
>
>   Can we give this update a trial?
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus-libpinyin/+bug/1768166/+subscriptions
>

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Re: [Bug 1768166] Re: Random crashes

[Ping-Wu]

I don't know if upgrading via the ppa actually solved the random crash
problem, but I never had any crash after the upgrade.  There could be other
reasons including gnome upgrades.  But AT LEAST upgrading via the ppa did
not cause any negative effects.  Thus, I suggest applying the
ibus-libpinyin upgrade to the newer version for Ubuntu 18.04.1.

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 9:38 PM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson <
1768...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> @russell-li: Are you reporting that you had frequent crashes and that
> upgrading via the PPA fixed the problem?
>
> ** Changed in: ibus-libpinyin (Ubuntu)
>Status: Expired => Incomplete
>
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> Title:
>   Random crashes
>
> Status in ibus-libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   I have experienced random ibus-libpinyin crashes in bionic.  I cannot
>   reproduce it, but it occurred at least a few times, even after the
>   official bionic release.  Same crashes were also reported in the
>   Ubuntu Chinese forum.
>
>   Currently, the workaround is to delete the ~/.cache/ibus/libpinyin
>   folder.
>
>   I talked to Peng Wu, ibus-libpinyin's creator and main maintainer, he
>   suggested that we update the version of ibus-libpinyin to 1.10.
>
>   Can we give this update a trial?
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus-libpinyin/
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Re: [Bug 1768166] Re: Random crashes

[Ping-Wu]

Thanks.  I have posted the new ppa to the Ubuntu China forum.  Believe it
will be greatly appreciated.

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 11:45 AM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson <
1768...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> ** Changed in: ibus-libpinyin (Ubuntu)
>Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Title:
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>
> Status in ibus-libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   I have experienced random ibus-libpinyin crashes in bionic.  I cannot
>   reproduce it, but it occurred at least a few times, even after the
>   official bionic release.  Same crashes were also reported in the
>   Ubuntu Chinese forum.
>
>   Currently, the workaround is to delete the ~/.cache/ibus/libpinyin
>   folder.
>
>   I talked to Peng Wu, ibus-libpinyin's creator and main maintainer, he
>   suggested that we update the version of ibus-libpinyin to 1.10.
>
>   Can we give this update a trial?
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus-libpinyin/
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Re: [Bug 1768166] Re: Random crashes

[Ping-Wu]

Try to compile it (Ubuntu 18.04), got the following error message:


configure: error: Package requirements (
ibus-1.0 >= 1.5.11
) were not met:

No package 'ibus-1.0' found


Execution of dpkg -l ibus command shows that the ibus version is
1.5.17-3ubun amd64 .

On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 8:52 PM, Peng Wu <1768...@bugs.launchpad.net>
wrote:

> This may be a fixed bug in libpinyin.
>
> Please update libpinyin and ibus-libpinyin to latest version, thanks!
>
> BTW, we provide the tar ball in github.com now.
>
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> Title:
>   Random crashes
>
> Status in ibus-libpinyin package in Ubuntu:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   I have experienced random ibus-libpinyin crashes in bionic.  I cannot
>   reproduce it, but it occurred at least a few times, even after the
>   official bionic release.  Same crashes were also reported in the
>   Ubuntu Chinese forum.
>
>   Currently, the workaround is to delete the ~/.cache/ibus/libpinyin
>   folder.
>
>   I talked to Peng Wu, ibus-libpinyin's creator and main maintainer, he
>   suggested that we update the version of ibus-libpinyin to 1.10.
>
>   Can we give this update a trial?
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ibus-libpinyin/
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