[Pkg-ime-devel] Which Debian Section for Input Method packages?

[Ming Hua]

On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 02:03:25AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 04:39:21AM +1100, Harshula wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-03-05 at 22:14 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > 
> > > There is no single place for IM packages.
> > > 
> > > Check how similar packages are located and imitate them.
> > 
> > I did, that's why I started the discussion.
> > 
> > > I see:
> > >   utils
> > 
> > You missed "text". I was wondering why there are some Input Method
> > packages in "text" and others in "utils". Scim related packages seem to
> > be in "utils" and uim and m17n related packages are in "text".
> > 
> > I'm curious whether there was any reason for this?
> 
> Me too...

The scim packages was put in utils section by the first maintainer,
Anthony Fok.

I am open to the idea of changing scim so that input method packages
are put in the same section if a consensus can be reached.

Ming
2008.03.07