I guess you can patch as you wish for the upcoming release on Ubuntu. But for longer term, how about updating debian/rules as: (Just give me the line for NotShown.)
override_dh_install: dh_install # Adjust priority for each distribution. # Debian: ibus (21) fcitx(22) # Ubuntu: fcitx(20) ibus (21) if dpkg-vendor --is ubuntu; then \ cd debian/im-config/usr/share/im-config/data ; \ mv 22_fcitx.conf 20_fcitx.conf ; \ mv 22_fcitx.rc 20_fcitx.rc ; \ echo "NotShowIn=MATE;GNOME" debian/im-config/usr/share/applications/im-config.desktop ;\ fi -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to im-config in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1342677 Title: Does im-config need to be displayed in menus? Status in “im-config” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hi, I'm working on Ubuntu MATE Remix. MATE provides it's own keyboard input/language configuration tools. We are using language-selector-gnome which depends on im-config. NotShowIn=MATE; should be added to im-config.desktop so that im-config icons are not displayed in System -> Preferences when running MATE. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/im-config/+bug/1342677/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp