https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ibus-m17n_as_default_Vietnamese_IME
== Summary ==
The current default input method for Vietnamese is ibus-bogo. This
should change to the ibus-m17n input method “m17n:vi:telex - telex
(m17n)”
== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:Mfabian| Mike Fabian]]
* Email: <mfabian(a)redhat.com>
== Detailed Description ==
The current Fedora default input method ibus-bogo seems to be not
actively maintained and it doesn't work
on Gnome Wayland. The bug has been reported already in Fedora 30, see:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1690326
The ibus-m17n input method vi-telex.mim seems to do the same as ibus-bogo, see
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1690326#c12
Using vi-telex.mim via ibus-m17n seems to behave exactly like ibus-bogo.
If ibus-bogo offers no additional benefit, it is probably better to
use ibus-m17n with vi-telex as the default input method for
Vietnamese. ibus-m17n has to be maintained anyway. Therefore, this
saves the effort of fixing the unmaintained ibus-bogo.
== Benefit to Fedora ==
Vietnamese input works again on Gnome-Wayland. Currently with
ibus-bogo it is broken.
== 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.
** Change default input method in `libgnome-desktop/default-input-sources.h`
Here are the changes for ibus-anthy requested by Takao Fujiwara, I
need to request similar changes for changing from ibus-bogo as the
default to ibus-m17n:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/3430
https://gitlab.gnome.org/fujiwarat/gnome-desktop/-/commit/04ad3737d5d1b66...
* Other developers: gnome-desktop3 for default vi_VN input method
* Release engineering: (a check of an impact with Release Engineering is needed)
* Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
The package installed by default will change from ibus-bogo to the
packages ibus-m17n and m17n-db for an installation in Vietnamese.
== How To Test ==
Install Fedora in Vietnamese and check that the default input method
is vi-telex with ibus-m17n.
== User Experience ==
* There should be very little difference in typing Vietnamese as
ibus-bogo and ibus-m17n with vi-telex.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
* gnome-desktop3 has to be updated
== Contingency Plan ==
Revert changes back to ibus-bogo
* Contingency mechanism: Revert comps and gnome-desktop3
* Contingency deadline: Beta release
* Blocks release? No
* Blocks product? None
== Documentation ==
https://github.com/ibus/ibus-m17n
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