Bug#895043: libgtk-3-0: unexplained downstream patch disables VIQR input method in Vietnamese locales

[Khang Nguyen Trong]

Although at the moment it seems like we do not have enough resources to
cover the territory, I will try to check back on the upstream bug report
every now and then to follow up on any user-related questions that might
arise.

Best,
Khang Nguyen.

On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 6:06 AM Simon McVittie <smcv at debian.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Apr 2018 at 05:48:00 +0000, Khang Nguyen Trong wrote:
> > What I am trying to say is that [VIQR] not be the default, but it should
> not
> > be disabled either. That is my take on this matter.
>
> I believe the result of the Debian/Ubuntu patch is that VIQR is not the
> default for any locale, but can still be used. (But I could be wrong -
> please could someone who knows more about input methods try this?)
>
> If your reasons to want VIQR to not be the default are valid for
> Debian, then they seem like they should be equally valid for upstream,
> so I've opened <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/issues/183>. If
> upstream have queries about this patch, it would be great if someone
> from debian-l10n-vietnamese could respond there directly - I don't know
> anything about Vietnamese (I'm just trying to reduce Debian's divergence
> from upstream), so I don't have much to contribute to this topic.
>
> Thanks,
>     smcv
>
>
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