Hi Jiri,
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Jiri Eischmann <eischmann@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
system-config-language is used to install language support that includes fonts, input-method engine and any other packages listed for that language group in comps file. Since comps moved to start using yum-langpacks and few language support groups have been removed, system-config-language failed to install support for those languages. If we decide to re-write this tool for yum-langpacks then other packages will not get pulled automatically which have been explicitly listed in comps for some languages.
I am looking into fixing system-config-language but not sure how much time will it take.
Hi,
I wonder if any spin is still using system-config-language. GNOME has
its own graphical utility to install language support, but AFAIK there
is no counterpart in other environments, right?
system-config-language is a distro specific tool. It just installs required packages and set the root user language. I find this tool useful where you don't need to find particular fonts or input methods explicitly and install them. Good for novice users. GNOME language support is a different from system-config-language.
The problem is that system-config-language is completely broken since
F18 (see [1] because it didn't reflect changes in language groups.
system-config-language is used to install language support that includes fonts, input-method engine and any other packages listed for that language group in comps file. Since comps moved to start using yum-langpacks and few language support groups have been removed, system-config-language failed to install support for those languages. If we decide to re-write this tool for yum-langpacks then other packages will not get pulled automatically which have been explicitly listed in comps for some languages.
I still have not got solution on how to balance this in system-config-language.
So if there is no spin using it, we should probably remove it from
Fedora because in the current state, it's completely broken and useless.
If there is still need for the utility, then it probably should be
fixed.
I am looking into fixing system-config-language but not sure how much time will it take.
BTW what are recommended ways to install language support in e.g. KDE
and Xfce? Is there any other graphical way other than
system-config-language?
Jiri
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=901831
Regards,
Parag
Parag
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