Re: F36 Change: Hunspell Dictionary dir change (System-Wide Change proposal)

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Elliott Sales de Andrade <quantum.analyst@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, 29 Dec 2021 at 10:02, Ben Cotton <bcotton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Hunspell_dictionary_dir_change
>>
>> == Summary ==
>> Update Hunspell Dictionary system directory from /usr/share/myspell/
>> to /usr/share/hunspell/
>>
>> == Owner ==
>> * Name: [[User:vishalvvr| Vishal Vijayraghavan]]
>> * Email: <vishalvvr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>> == 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/`.
>>
>>
>> == Benefit to Fedora ==
>> This will future proof Fedora to use the correct current location for
>> hunspell spelling dictionaries.
>>
>> == Scope ==
>> * Proposal owners:
>> In total there are `135` packages which is to be updated. libreoffice
>> & Firefox are the two main applications and rest are mostly language
>> dictionary packages.
>>
>> * Other developers:
>>
>> * 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/` instead of `/usr/share/myspell/`
>>
>> `$ 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`
>>
>
> If, as mentioned above, this will possibly affect applications such as
> Firefox and LibreOffice, then those should also be tested as well.

Emacs and other text editors could be affected by this as well.


Cheers,

Dan
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