Hi Jeremy,
On 2017-09-23 22:47, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
Qt4 was removed from the default Ubuntu 17.10 ISO this week as a
result of dropping fcitx support there. It looks like the only reason
Qt5 is still there is because ibus-mozc recommends mozc-utils-gui
which depends on Qt5. mozc is a Japanese input method but we do not
pre-install Japanese language packs in the live environment.
mozc was added to the live environment just before Ubuntu 15.10 was released:
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu-seeds/ubuntu.artful/revision/2363
To use the mozc input method, I had to install ibus-mozc and then log
out of GNOME and log back in for it to show up in GNOME Settings >
Region & Language > Input Sources > + > … > Other > Japanese (Mozc) .
Since I have more than one input method/keyboard now, a language menu
shows up in the right side of the top bar. That menu allows switching
between 6 different mozc modes. gnome-control-center does not provide
any other mozc preferences.
mozc-utils-gui adds a "Mozc Setup" app. This app has a low-resolution
icon which doesn't look as good when people are browsing the list of
installed apps in the live environment. mozc-utils-gui allowing
customizing a lot of apparently useful mozc preferences.
Here are some follow-up questions:
1. Does it make sense to have ibus-mozc in the live environment but
without mozc-utils-gui?
Aren't packages, which are recommended by packages in the live seed,
automatically included on the ISO? Or is it possible to explicitly
exclude recommended packages?
I tested without mozc-utils-gui, and was able to select between
different modes and produce beautiful characters. One difference I
noticed when installing mozc-utils-gui was that also a 'tools' menu
showed up in the language menu.
I added Mitsuya Shibata to the thread, since I'm not able to comment on
the importance of the package for live sessions.
Two own thoughts:
* If we still have qt5, why do you keep the question open?
* If mozc-utils-gui would be moved from the ISO somehow, I think we'd
need to let pkg_depends pull it explicitly, and then it would need to be
in 'supported', right?
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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