** Summary changed: - scim-chewing cannot enter any Chinese character + scim-chewing: user database file can be corrupted, which render the whole package useless
** Description changed: - (Andrew Lee is the Debian Maintainer of 'scim-chewing'). Apparently - there have been reports that: + The version of scim-chewing in dapper, 0.2.1, has a bug that can cause + the user's database file be corrupted when scim exits abnormally. Once + the database file is corrupted, the user can not use scim-chewing + anymore. - <AndrewLee> sladen: 0.2.1 has a problem in hash data file. So the input method is often canot type - <AndrewLee> sladen: It make the input method look fine, but cannot type any Chinese character. - <AndrewLee> sladen: 0.2.1 is a broken version in upstream - <AndrewLee> sladen: 0.3.1 is a working version - <AndrewLee> sladen: So I suggest to upgrade to 0.3.1 whatever. - <AndrewLee> sladen: I mean it's big - <AndrewLee> sladen: A Chinese input method but cannot type Chinese characters. + This bug is fixed in scim-chewing 0.3.1, but the bugfix can't be easily + backported to 0.2.1, as it's a rewrite of the database-handling code. - This seems to be related in one case to 'skype', this needs - confirmation. + Therefore this bug should be fixed in edgy, and affects dapper only. + + The Debian maintainer of scim-chewing suggests backporting version 0.3.1 + to dapper. -- scim-chewing: user database file can be corrupted, which render the whole package useless https://launchpad.net/bugs/57081 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
