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** PRs for language dictionaries ([https://paste.opensuse.org/61121010 121 packages]): | ** PRs for language dictionaries ([https://paste.opensuse.org/61121010 121 packages]): | ||
*** Update “install dir” from myspell/ to hunspell/ | *** Update “install dir” from myspell/ to hunspell/ | ||
** PRs for libreoffice | ** PRs for enchant, enchant2, icecat, kde packages, libreoffice, firefox, seamonkey, thunderbird: | ||
*** Update dictionary usage path from myspell/ to hunspell/ | *** Update dictionary usage path from myspell/ to hunspell/ | ||
** Test [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/vishalvvr/hunspell_symlink copr repo] | ** Test [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/vishalvvr/hunspell_symlink copr repo] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:21, 28 March 2022
Hunspell Dictionary dir change
Summary
Update Hunspell Dictionary system directory from /usr/share/myspell/ to /usr/share/hunspell/
Owner
- Name: Vishal Vijayraghavan
- Email: <vishalvvr@fedoraproject.org>
- Name: Parag Nemade
- Email: <pnemade@redhat.com>
- Name: Jens Petersen
- Email: <petersen@redhat.com>
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora Linux 36
- Last updated: 2022-03-28
- devel thread
- FESCo issue: #2730
- Tracker bug: #2041930
- Release notes tracker: #789
Detailed Description
In most of Linux distributions the standard Hunspell dictionary path is /usr/share/hunspell/ but in Fedora still has /usr/share/myspell/. This effort is to follow default standard to install all Hunspell dictionary into /usr/share/hunspell/ instead of /usr/share/myspell/.
Feedback
Benefit to Fedora
This will future proof Fedora to use the correct current location for hunspell spelling dictionaries.
Scope
- Proposal owners:
- PR for Hunspell package
- Update dir name from myspell/ to hunspell/
Create symlink myspell (to have better backward compatibility)
- PRs for language dictionaries (121 packages):
- Update “install dir” from myspell/ to hunspell/
- PRs for enchant, enchant2, icecat, kde packages, libreoffice, firefox, seamonkey, thunderbird:
- Update dictionary usage path from myspell/ to hunspell/
- Test copr repo
- PR for Hunspell package
- Other developers:
- merge PRs to update path in hunspell-* dictionaries
- Merge PRs to update path dictionary path for libreoffice & Firefox
- Release engineering: #Releng issue number
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Alignment with Objectives:
Upgrade/compatibility impact
How To Test
1. Check if default installed dictionary path is /usr/share/hunspell/
$ hunspell -D or $ ls /usr/share/hunspell/
2. Install any language dictionary and check if it getting installed into '/usr/share/hunspell/'
$ dnf install hunspell-hi
$ hunspell -D
3. Test spellchecking working in desktop apps for your language (eg Libreoffice, Firefox, Gedit, Evolution, Thunderbird, KDE, Emacs, etc)
4. Spellchecking on commandline: aspell, hunspell, nuspell
User Experience
User should not notice any difference: their applications should continue to work as expected after this directory migration.
Dependencies
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: revert release back to /usr/share/myspell
- Contingency deadline: Beta
- Blocks release? No