Below are the status of various distributions when it comes to the freshness of their IBus and related packages.

Note that the focus of this page is about the input methods used by Hong Kong people, and whether or not the input method engine we have been developing has been pushed to distributions (along with its dependencies).

At this point, target distros should just be running the latest and greatest, but for reference, the minimum versions required to improve the user experience for Hong Kong people are:

If in doubt, ask bochecha in #linux-hk or various other channels in Freenode. Or email me.

And now, behold the long awaited distros status!

Distribution python cython ibus libcangjie pycangjie ibus-cangjie Work needed
Arch Linux 3.3.2 0.19 1.5.2 N/A
(in AUR)		 N/A
(in AUR)		 N/A
(in AUR)
  1. move libcangjie to an official repo
  2. move pycangjie to an official repo
  3. move ibus-cangjie to an official repo
Debian Sid 3.3.1 0.19 1.4.2 N/A N/A N/A
  1. package libcangjie
  2. package pycangjie
  3. package ibus-cangjie
Fedora 18 3.3.0 0.19 1.5.2 0.0.1a 0.0.1 1.0
Fedora 19 3.3.2 0.19 1.5.2 0.0.1a 0.0.1 1.0
Mageia 3 3.3.0 0.18 1.5.1 N/A N/A N/A
  1. package libcangjie
  2. package pycangjie
  3. package ibus-cangjie
openSUSE 12.3 3.3.0 0.17.2 1.4.2 N/A N/A N/A
  1. package libcangjie
  2. package pycangjie
  3. package ibus-cangjie
Ubuntu 13.04 3.3.1 0.17.4 1.4.2 0.0.1a 0.0.1 1.0

This page was last updated on Sat May 25 12:49:41 HKT 2013