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[William Hua <1430893@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  There are currently two main supported input method frameworks available
  for CJK users: IBus (current default) and Fcitx. Both are mature
  projects, but Fcitx is better suited to Chinese users than IBus is, and
  is already the default in Ubuntu Kylin. IBus is increasingly moving in
  the direction of removing features upstream like tracking input state on
  a per-context basis. Also, the leading input method provider in China
  with more than 300 million users, Sogou, only supports Fcitx under
  Linux. Skinning support is non-existent in IBus.
  
  We've added support for Fcitx on the same level as IBus in Unity, so
- this FFe is a proposal to make Fcitx the default for Chinese locales
- this cycle, as a transition towards making Fcitx the default for all
- users next cycle. The changes should simply be seeding Fcitx and its
- related packages on the CD image, as well as possible changes to im-
- config. Those who have explicitly selected IBus as their chosen input
- method should be unaffected; these changes will only affect new users,
- and users who have never explicitly chosen an input method framework in
- their language settings.
+ this FFe is a proposal to install Fcitx via language-selector for users
+ who want the Chinese langpacks installed, as a transition towards making
+ Fcitx the default for all users next cycle. This will involve changes to
+ language-selector, im-config, and language-pack-zh-*. Those who are not
+ using the Chinese langpack, or have explicitly selected IBus as their
+ chosen input method should be unaffected; these changes will only affect
+ new Chinese users, and Chinese users who have never explicitly chosen an
+ input method framework in their language settings.

** Also affects: language-selector (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: im-config (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** No longer affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  [FFe] Install Fcitx for Chinese users

Status in im-config package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in language-selector package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  There are currently two main supported input method frameworks
  available for CJK users: IBus (current default) and Fcitx. Both are
  mature projects, but Fcitx is better suited to Chinese users than IBus
  is, and is already the default in Ubuntu Kylin. IBus is increasingly
  moving in the direction of removing features upstream like tracking
  input state on a per-context basis. Also, the leading input method
  provider in China with more than 300 million users, Sogou, only
  supports Fcitx under Linux. Skinning support is non-existent in IBus.

  We've added support for Fcitx on the same level as IBus in Unity, so
  this FFe is a proposal to install Fcitx via language-selector for
  users who want the Chinese langpacks installed, as a transition
  towards making Fcitx the default for all users next cycle. This will
  involve changes to language-selector, im-config, and language-pack-
  zh-*. Those who are not using the Chinese langpack, or have explicitly
  selected IBus as their chosen input method should be unaffected; these
  changes will only affect new Chinese users, and Chinese users who have
  never explicitly chosen an input method framework in their language
  settings.

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