Integrate libm17n and scim-m17n to Solaris [PSARC/2008/624 FastTrack timeout 10/13/2008]

[Yong Sun]

I just updated the one-pager to include m17n-im-config-0.9.0 (in 
LGPLv2.1), please refer to the casedir for these minor changes.

Regards,

Yong Young Sun wrote:
> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase %I% %G% SMI
> This information is Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems
> 1. Introduction
>     1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> 	 Integrate libm17n and scim-m17n to Solaris
>     1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> 	 Author:  Yong Sun
>     1.3  Date of This Document:
> 	 06 October, 2008
>
> 2. Project Summary
>    2.1. Project Description:
>         This project is to integrate libm17n and scim-m17n to Solaris Nevada
>         and OpenSolaris.
>
>         COMPONENT       VERSION   LICENSE TERMS
>         ----------------------------------------
>         m17n-lib-core   1.5.2     LGPLv2.1
>         m17n-db         1.5.2     LGPLv2.1
>         m17n-contrib    1.1.7     LGPLv2.1
>         scim-m17n       0.2.2     GPLv2
>
>    2.2. Risks and Assumptions:
>         We would not ship the GUI interfaces in m17n library, scine it is
>         not adopted widely, and has many other dependencies like fribidi and 
>         libotf. 
>
> 4. Technical Description
>    4.1. Details:
>         m17n (www.m17n.org) is a library written in ANSI-C, to supports various
>         aspects of multilingualization (m17n) for linux/unix applications, it 
>         provides following features:
>
>         * M-Text: string with properties which could be nested or overlapped
>         * character rendering engine: supports CTL and OpenType (by libotf)
>         * input methods: www.m17n.org/m17n-lib-en/support_input_sum.html
>
>         This project is to leverage the input methods in m17n and the scim 
>         adapter (scim-m17n) to provide more input methods on SCIM stack. 
>
>     4.2. Bug/RFE Number(s):
>         None
>     
>     4.3. In Scope:
>         N/A
>
>     4.4. Out of Scope:
>         The GUI supports in m17n is not delivered.
>     
>     4.5. Interfaces:
>
>         INTERFACE NAME             STABILITY    NOTE
>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>         /usr/bin/m17n-config       Uncommitted  compilation and linking flags
>         /usr/bin/m17n-conv         Uncommitted  encoding conversion utility
>         /usr/bin/m17n-db           Uncommitted  version and location information 
>                                                 of database files
>
>         /usr/lib/libm17n-core.so   Uncommitted  M-Text and other core APIs
>         /usr/lib/libm17n.so        Uncommitted  IM, language data APIs
>         /usr/lib/libm17n-flt.so    Uncommitted  font layout table APIs
>         /usr/lib/libmimx-anthy.so  Uncommitted  IM extension of libanthy
>
>         /usr/share/m17n/icons/*    Uncommitted  icons for languages and IMs
>         /usr/share/m17n/*.mim      Uncommitted  input methods
>         /usr/share/m17n/*.map      Uncommitted  charset maps
>         /usr/share/m17n/*.flt      Uncommitted  font layout tables
>         /usr/share/m17n/*.lnm      Uncommitted  localized language names
>         /usr/share/m17n/*.tab      Uncommitted  various tables from UNIDATA
>         /usr/share/m17n/*.tbl      Uncommitted  various configure tables
>
>         /usr/lib/scim-1.0/1.4.0/   Uncommitted  scim engine for m17n IMs
>         IMEngines/m17n.so
>
>     4.6. Doc Impact:
>         None
>     
>     4.7. Admin/Config Impact:
>         None
>     
>     4.8. HA Impact:
>         None
>     
>     4.9. I18N/L10N Impact:
>         None
>  
>     4.10. Packaging & Delivery:
>         SUNWm17n-lib-core
>         SUNWm17n-lib-core-devel
>         SUNWm17n-db
>         SUNWm17n-db-devel
>         SUNWm17n-contrib
>         SUNWscim-m17n
>
>     4.11. Security Impact:
>         None.
>     
>     4.12. Dependencies:
>         None.
>
> 5. Reference Documents:
>    1). m17n OverView
>         http://www.m17n.org/m17n-lib-en/overview.html
>
>    2). SCIM and IMEngines
>         http://www.scim-im.org 
>         PSARC 2008/418 Integrate SCIM to Solaris
>
> 6. Resources and Schedule
>     6.4. Steering Committee requested information
>    	6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
> 		Globalization
>     6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
>     6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>
>