Comment 3 for bug 377853

I agree that this should be packaged. Chinese/Japanese/Korean input has always been a clusterfuck in Kubuntu, and it has become worse since KDE 4 was adopted. Kimpanel is finally an IME which is perfectly integrated in the desktop environment. Its a proper plasmoid that can exist either inside a panel or outside, and will work nicely with all applications.

It would be extremely useful for users in these countries if this was packaged in Karmic. And by the way, we are talking about a target demographics that encompasses roughly 1/3 of the world, so that's hardly a niche.