Do not sync prefs::kLanguagePreloadEngines and prefs::kLanguagePreferredLanguages.

chrome/browser/chromeos/preferences.cc

Index: chrome/browser/chromeos/preferences.cc
diff --git a/chrome/browser/chromeos/preferences.cc b/chrome/browser/chromeos/preferences.cc
index f19082b36050d93a4421d1f8cd7be62149b167dd..c989d7b9d070679c492522b8ffc2d9643d5f4e4e 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/chromeos/preferences.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/chromeos/preferences.cc
@@ -57,24 +57,29 @@ void Preferences::RegisterUserPrefs(PrefService* prefs) {
   prefs->RegisterBooleanPref(prefs::kUse24HourClock,
                              base::GetHourClockType() == base::k24HourClock,
                              PrefService::SYNCABLE_PREF);
+  // We don't sync prefs::kLanguageCurrentInputMethod and PreviousInputMethod.

[Zachary Kuznia, 2011/05/16 01:50:31]

nit: Could you add that we don't sync these because they're just used to track
the logout state of the device?

[Yusuke Sato, 2011/05/16 06:23:43]

Done.

   prefs->RegisterStringPref(prefs::kLanguageCurrentInputMethod,
                             "",
                             PrefService::UNSYNCABLE_PREF);
   prefs->RegisterStringPref(prefs::kLanguagePreviousInputMethod,
                             "",
                             PrefService::UNSYNCABLE_PREF);
+  // We don't sync input method hotkeys since they're not configurable.
   prefs->RegisterStringPref(prefs::kLanguageHotkeyNextEngineInMenu,
                             language_prefs::kHotkeyNextEngineInMenu,
                             PrefService::UNSYNCABLE_PREF);
   prefs->RegisterStringPref(prefs::kLanguageHotkeyPreviousEngine,
                             language_prefs::kHotkeyPreviousEngine,
                             PrefService::UNSYNCABLE_PREF);
+  // We don't sync the list of input methods and preferred languages since a
+  // user might use two or more devices with different hardware keyboards.
+  // crosbug.com/15181
   prefs->RegisterStringPref(prefs::kLanguagePreferredLanguages,
                             kFallbackInputMethodLocale,
-                            PrefService::SYNCABLE_PREF);
+                            PrefService::UNSYNCABLE_PREF);
   prefs->RegisterStringPref(prefs::kLanguagePreloadEngines,
                             input_method::GetHardwareInputMethodId(),
-                            PrefService::SYNCABLE_PREF);
+                            PrefService::UNSYNCABLE_PREF);
   for (size_t i = 0; i < language_prefs::kNumChewingBooleanPrefs; ++i) {
     prefs->RegisterBooleanPref(
         language_prefs::kChewingBooleanPrefs[i].pref_name,
@@ -149,6 +154,8 @@ void Preferences::RegisterUserPrefs(PrefService* prefs) {
   prefs->RegisterIntegerPref(prefs::kLanguageXkbRemapAltKeyTo,
                              input_method::kLeftAltKey,
                              PrefService::SYNCABLE_PREF);
+  // We don't sync the following keyboard prefs since they are not user-
+  // configurable.
   prefs->RegisterBooleanPref(prefs::kLanguageXkbAutoRepeatEnabled,
                              true,
                              PrefService::UNSYNCABLE_PREF);