tcz for locale_zh-cn (and fcitx input method) needs to update for TC 3.0

[lovenini]

hello~
username=kangkang was author for chinese input method fcitx.tcz as well as it's supporting file locale_zh-cn.tcz

as I know these 2 extensions has been done by him for tc 2.x since end of 2009, but it wasn't included in appbrowser.

it works pretty well and I have been using it on a day2day basis for the past 10 months.

since beta testing of tc 3.0, I have been trying to re-try that tcz but wasn't able to invoke input method.

kangkang didn't show up ever since I try to post to contact him in Jul.24th...
without input method ready, we actually cannot try tc 3.0 at all...

today we've figured out that installing these extensions
 glibc_i18n_locale.tcz
 glibc_add_libs.tcz
 glibc_apps.tcz
 glibc_gconv.tcz
then run
 mkdir -p /usr/lib/locale
 localedef -i zh_CN -f GBK zh_CN
 localedef -i zh_CN -f UTF-8 zh_CN
will generate an updated locale-archive for zh_CN here:
 /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive

then simply replacing this file locale-archive in kangkang's locale-zh_cn.tcz
and re-mksquashfs will make locale_zh-cn.tcz work for tc 3.0, and fcitx will be able to invoke.

so here my query is how shall we release fcitx.tcz (unchanged version by kangkang)
and locale_zh-cn.tcz (only locale-archive updated), because posting in several forums don't seem to be effective.

may I request adding this 2 extensions to the appbrowser?
that'll enable 1 billion people using zh-cn language to move on to tc 3.0,
without input method ready, we basically cannot do anything on tc 3.0, that's a big difference.

I really think it is the right thing to do considering that tc 3.0 has been formally released.
if you think this is justified I can volunteer to own this extension for tc 3.0 until kangkang shows up.

[lovenini]

I found that curaga already made a getlocale.tcz for tc3.1 here
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=7061.15

seems to me that it works ok now by 1st loading mylocale.tcz by getlocale which sets zh_CN.UTF-8 locale-archive.

and then loading kangkang's fcitx.tcz & locale_zh-cn.tcz
(the locale-archive in locale_zh-cn that works only for tc 2.x won't overwrite locale-archive generated by getlocale)

since there is such a way to work-around, it's no longer a show-stopper to make input method working,
so I'll leave decision to admins, we can still use the tc 2.x way of distributing the input method (distribute in local forums)
or it's good if in future we can further include fcitx to appbrowser, but it's not urgent now.