[Pkg-ime-devel] Bug#746968: ibus-array should be removed

[Osamu Aoki]

Source: ibus-array
Version: 0.0.2-9
Severity: normal

In short, we should remove this ibus-array package.

The reason is that ibus-array is one of the few packages which still
uses ibus-python interface which is about to be removed from ibus(*).

 * ibus-array           popcon=ca. 30 (uses ibus-python) 
 * ibus-table-array30   popcon=ca. 30 (does not use ibus-python)

Since the ibus-table-array30 binary package which is generated from the
ibus-table-chinese source package seems to support this particular
array30 chinese input method, I see no major problem.  (I also see a low
popcon value.)

So question is what to do for wheezy.  3 options.

 1) we just remove ibus-array. (My choice)
 2) we upload transition package of ibus-array depending on
    ibus-table-array30.
 3) we modify ibus-table-array30 to provide ibus-array.
   (need ibus-table-chinese source package upload)

Unless I get specific request/help/... , I will just do option 1 to
remove this ibus-array.  Objection?

Let me know your thought by replying to this Debian bug report.  Once we
decide on this, I can work on other 3 packages which are affected.

 * ibus-pinyin       popcon=443
   ibus-pinyin needs to update its package dependency so it can be
   removed from this list.  I will handle this separately.

 * ibus-googlepinyin popcon=330
   Considering other newer pinyin methods are available, simply removing
   this should be OK just like ibus-array.

 * ibus-el           popcon=103
   Whoever uses this with EMACS should consider using uim instead since 
   they can stay within LISP world using uim bindings of IM.

Regards,

Osamu
(*) ibus-python removal background.
    The upstream does not actively support ibus-python and has been
    recommending to move to use Gobject introspection.  So continuing to
    ship unsupported zombie ibus-python code just because its old code has
    not been removed is not good idea.

    Since most of the IM packages completed this transition, I am planning
    to remove ibus-python.

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