[Fedora-i18n-bugs] [Bug 518395] add @input-methods to Package Selection screen

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--- Comment #13 from Karel Volný <kvolny at redhat.com>  2009-08-25 04:00:40 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #10)
> Don't worry, seven years old cheap computers are still running Windows XP,
> and I suppose Fedora is still slimmer than that. :-)

from what I recall, Windows XP runs on 128 MiB RAM (haven't seen such
configuration for a while), which is not enough even for the Fedora
installation ...

> IM and other i18n features are like device drivers, most of them are
> redundant, however, the system is unusable if the ones you needs are absent.

yes, but you need them all just on the installation media, you don't need to
copy every bit to the harddrive - just like you don't include every module
within the initrd image, for example

most people consider the system unusable without a webbrowser, but we don't
install all the available browsers by default, right?

(while the drivers are bound to specific hardware, you can say that some pages
are best viewed with this and others with that ... so, where's the line, why
don't we install a browser good for some pages while they can be viewed somehow
by another browser, and we do install a driver good for some hardware that can
be driven also by another, more generic, driver?)

(In reply to comment #11)
> On the other hand I feel like this change may be a step back
> in some sense: it is a bit like all the device or video
> drivers installed by default though most of them are not needed.

which is not good too, IMO

> I can explain though that one of the main reasons for
> @input-methods is the problem that of getting the
> right immodules installed at the same time:
> this can't really be done with package dependencies
> since it depends on whether you are using gnome or kde.
> Installing all input-methods has helped fedora-i18n
> not having a answer the FAQ how do I install "my favourite"
> input method... so we may leave this open until we
> solve that problem.  

ok, let's do the things properly, don't remove @input-methods until a reliable
way how to get it if needed is prepared

btw, as a temporary remedy (and hopefully a part of the future fix), is that
possible to make it conditional - if a language that uses it is selected at the
beginning of the installation then default to install @input-methods, otherwise
do not install it?

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