FFe: migrate to ibus-1.3 series

[Zhengpeng Hou]

Hi Mark

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Mark Shuttleworth <mark at ubuntu.com> wrote:

>  Zengpeng
>
> Would this have an impact on the size of the next point release? Is 1.3
> substantially different to 1.2 in size on CD?
>
If we just upgrade to 1.3 series, and use the seed in lucid, then it
shouldn't be a problem. We're not expecting
the same approach in maverick, so my answer should be there won't have too
much impact on point release.

>
> We strongly avoid version bumps in an SRU, the case would need to be
> watertight - have you pushed 1.3 into -backports, for example, is there
> substantial evidence of app compatibility?.
>
I agree that version bumps is not a good idea. The fact here is:
1 ibus 1.2 series in lucid have serious memory leak issue, which even
upstream author recommended to use 1.3 for a LTS
2 ibus 1.3 do make itself more usable to end users.
3 If we decide to SRU whole ibus stack, only those ibus related, which most
are IME. will be affected.
 apt-cache rdepends ibus
ibus
Reverse Depends:
  ibus-pinyin
  xubuntu-desktop
  ubuntustudio-desktop
  ubuntu-sugar-remix
  ibus-tegaki
  ibus-skk
  ibus-mozc
  ibus-array
  ubuntu-netbook
  ubuntu-desktop
  libibus-dev
  libibus-dev
  ibus-unikey
  ibus-table
  ibus-pinyin
  ibus-m17n
  ibus-hangul
  ibus-chewing
  ibus-anthy
And those upgrade to IME, like ibus-pinyin/ibus-anthy will also bring more
stablility and features to end users.

So, I think most end user would be appreciating such a SRU.
Cheers
Zhengpeng

>
> Mark
>
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