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[Gunnar Hjalmarsson <1430893@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

@Nobuto: The fact that there is a Japanese remix with fcitx as default
means that some Japanese users will be affected by the proposed 15.04
changes whether we like it or not.

Up to now, you have been able to decide the default IM framework per
distro by having fcitx installed by default or not. fcitx has been
installed by default in Ubuntu Kylin, and hence fcitx has automatically
been the default IM framework. According to Ikuya the same is true for a
Japanese remix.

As from 15.04 fcitx will be installed by default for all users, and thus
it will no longer be possible to determine the default IM framework per
distro in the same way.

I have no idea how many Japanese users install the Japanese remix and
how many install standard Ubuntu, though.

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Title:
  [FFe] Install Fcitx for Chinese users

Status in im-config package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in language-selector package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

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 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.

  Also, this FFe propose to make language-selector to install more input
  method packages for Chinese users to their Fcitx equivalents
  (currently IBus) when adding/completing Chinese language support.

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