Bug#1029821: change gnome-desktop's default choice of Japanese input methods for Debian

[Kentaro Hayashi]

Hi,

On Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:47:22 +0000 James Addison <jay at jp-hosting.net> wrote:
> Package: libgnome-desktop-4-2
> Followup-For: Bug #1029821
> X-Debbugs-Cc: yy.y.ja.jp at gmail.com
> 
> I'd like to contribute by testing d-i with Japanese input (I'm not a Japanese
> speaker, but can offer some time to help).
> 
> My plan is to:
> 
>   1. run the graphical d-i install of a fresh GNOME 43 system
>   2. select 'anthy' in 'gnome-initial-setup'
>   3. attempt Japanese keyboard input

Need to do extra setup.

* sudo apt install -y ibus-anthy
* ibus restart

After restarting ibus, you can switch input source to 「日本語(Anthy)」.
if you change 入力モード(_A), you can type Japanese.

> 
>   4. run the graphical d-i install of a fresh GNOME 43 system
>   5. select 'mozc-jp' in 'gnome-initial-setup'
>   6. attempt Japanese keyboard input

After that, if you change 入力モード(A), you can type Japanese.

> Also:
> 
> My understanding is that the _only_ difference that the patch will make is
> that it will change the default in 'gnome-initial-setup'.  Users could still
> choose 'anthy' -- or another input method -- if they want, for some reason.  Is
> that correct?

Yes. users can still choose their preferrable input method.
The problem is conflicting with task-japanese-gnome-desktop's recommends.

Regards,