[Bug 2389767] New: The brise package is deprecated upstream since 2018 and providing outdated data files for ibus-rime, fcitx5-rime etc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2389767

Bug ID: 2389767
           Summary: The brise package is deprecated upstream since 2018
                    and providing outdated data files for ibus-rime,
                    fcitx5-rime etc
           Product: Fedora
           Version: 42
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
         Component: brise
          Keywords: Desktop, RFE
          Severity: medium
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]
        QA Contact: [e-mail]
                CC: [e-mail],
                    [e-mail], [e-mail]
  Target Milestone: ---
    Classification: Fedora

Per the readme file in the upstream repo
(https://github.com/rime/brise/blob/master/README.md), brise is deprecated and
the last release version of 0.38 dating back to 2018 is still being served as a
dependency package for Rime front-ends in Fedora (ibus-rime, fcitx5-rime, etc).

As the schema files in the package are essentially what actually provide the
user-facing input features of Rime, the fact that they are several years
outdated when newer, current version are available with updates & bug fixes are
readily available is clearly not ideal. In fact, this bug report is prompted by
me running into an upstream bug (https://github.com/rime/home/issues/831) that
was fixed all the way back to 2021 yet still present Fedora 42, due to the
schema files being stuck in 2018.

Would it be possible to either update the files provided by the brise package
to the latest versions available, or move them to a new dependency package for
Rime front-end packages, since a update version would clearly not be
specifically brise anymore so the name would be misleading in that case?

Reproducible: Always

[Bug 2389767] The brise package is deprecated upstream since 2018 and providing outdated data files for ibus-rime, fcitx5-rime etc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2389767

Selene Lynn  changed:

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--- Comment #0 has been edited ---

Per the readme file in the upstream repo
(https://github.com/rime/brise/blob/master/README.md), brise is deprecated and
the last release version of 0.38 dating back to 2018 is still being served as a
dependency package for Rime front-ends in Fedora (ibus-rime, fcitx5-rime, etc).

As the schema files in the package are essentially what actually provide the
user-facing input features of Rime, the fact that they are several years
outdated when newer, current version are available with updates & bug fixes are
readily available is clearly not ideal. In fact, this bug report is prompted by
me running into an upstream bug (https://github.com/rime/home/issues/831) that
was fixed all the way back to 2021 yet still present in Fedora 42, due to the
schema files being stuck in 2018.

Would it be possible to either update the files provided by the brise package
to the latest versions available, or move them to a new dependency package for
Rime front-end packages, since a update version would clearly not be
specifically brise anymore so the name would be misleading in that case?

Reproducible: Always

[Bug 2389767] The brise package is deprecated upstream since 2018 and providing outdated data files for ibus-rime, fcitx5-rime etc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2389767

--- Comment #1 from Peng Wu  ---
I think the brise package just provides some default data for ibus-rime.

If you want to update the ibus-rime user data, maybe you can try the plum
configuration manager.

URL: https://github.com/rime/plum/

[Bug 2389767] The brise package is deprecated upstream since 2018 and providing outdated data files for ibus-rime, fcitx5-rime etc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2389767

--- Comment #2 from Selene Lynn  ---
Sorry for the late reply, missed the comment notification.

I'm aware of plum; my point is more that this might be beyond the scope of just
packaging, but IMO ideally a current install of rime on Fedora should by
default include the latest or at least a reasonably recent version of the files
formerly included in brise, instead of shipping files several years out of date
and requiring manual intervention on the user's part for updating - something
an average user might not be aware of, expecting what's available in the
packages to be at most only somewhat behind the current version.

[Bug 2389767] The brise package is deprecated upstream since 2018 and providing outdated data files for ibus-rime, fcitx5-rime etc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2389767

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[Bug 2389767] The brise package is deprecated upstream since 2018 and providing outdated data files for ibus-rime, fcitx5-rime etc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2389767

Jens Petersen  changed:

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