[Bug 1899376] [NEW] Confusing versioning of language-selector

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Public bug reported:

My attention was called to the existence of version 0.304 of language-
selector in some of the <https://launchpad.net/~ubuntukylin-members>
PPAs. It happened in a rather annoying way:

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/request-better-arabic-font-for-
ubuntu-20-04/14573/183

I don't know how 'official' those PPAs are, but I see that the only
difference compared to language-selector in the official Ubuntu archive
is that users are not prompted to pull the fcitx-ui-qimpanel package.

Ok.. So maybe it's no longer suitable for UKUI to install that package.
But if that's the case, how about handling that in the official
language-selector version?

* If it's no longer useful for any Fcitx users, we could simply drop it
from pkg_depends

* If it's still useful for non-UKUI Fcitx users, we could stop language-
selector from pulling it for UKUI users

In any case it's highly desirable to get away from a situation where
some users have a version of language-selector which blocks them from
updates.

Please let me know how you think this should best be handled.

** Affects: ubuntukylin
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: language-selector (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: ubuntukylin
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  Confusing versioning of language-selector

Status in Ubuntu Kylin:
  New
Status in language-selector package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  My attention was called to the existence of version 0.304 of language-
  selector in some of the <https://launchpad.net/~ubuntukylin-members>
  PPAs. It happened in a rather annoying way:

  https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/request-better-arabic-font-for-
  ubuntu-20-04/14573/183

  I don't know how 'official' those PPAs are, but I see that the only
  difference compared to language-selector in the official Ubuntu
  archive is that users are not prompted to pull the fcitx-ui-qimpanel
  package.

  Ok.. So maybe it's no longer suitable for UKUI to install that
  package. But if that's the case, how about handling that in the
  official language-selector version?

  * If it's no longer useful for any Fcitx users, we could simply drop
  it from pkg_depends

  * If it's still useful for non-UKUI Fcitx users, we could stop
  language-selector from pulling it for UKUI users

  In any case it's highly desirable to get away from a situation where
  some users have a version of language-selector which blocks them from
  updates.

  Please let me know how you think this should best be handled.

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