Does anyone still use system-config-language?

[Parag N(पराग़)]

Hi Jiri,


On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Jiri Eischmann <eischmann at redhat.com>wrote:

> Hi,
> I wonder if any spin is still using system-config-language. GNOME has
> its own graphical utility to install language support, but AFAIK there
> is no counterpart in other environments, right?
>

system-config-language is a distro specific tool. It just installs required
packages and set the root user language. I find this tool useful where you
don't need to find particular fonts or input methods explicitly and install
them. Good for novice users. GNOME language support is a different from
system-config-language.

The problem is that system-config-language is completely broken since
> F18 (see [1] because it didn't reflect changes in language groups.
>

system-config-language is used to install language support that includes
fonts, input-method engine and any other packages listed for that language
group in comps file. Since comps moved to start using yum-langpacks and few
language support groups have been removed, system-config-language  failed
to install support for those languages. If we decide to re-write this tool
for yum-langpacks then other packages will not get pulled automatically
which have been explicitly listed in comps for some languages.

I still have not got solution on how to balance this in
system-config-language.


> So if there is no spin using it, we should probably remove it from
> Fedora because in the current state, it's completely broken and useless.
>

> If there is still need for the utility, then it probably should be
> fixed.
>

I am looking into fixing system-config-language but not sure how much time
will it take.


> BTW what are recommended ways to install language support in e.g. KDE
> and Xfce? Is there any other graphical way other than
> system-config-language?
>
> Jiri
>
> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=901831
>
>
Regards,
Parag
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