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

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

Documentation

Release Notes

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 <!-- The actual name of your proposed change page should look something like: Changes/Your_Change_Proposal_Name.  This keeps all change proposals in the same namespace -->
-= Hunspell Dictionary dir change from myspell to hunspell =
+= Hunspell Dictionary dir change =
 <!-- The name of your change proposal -->
 == Summary ==
 <!-- A sentence or two summarizing what this change is and what it will do. This information is used for the overall changeset summary page for each release. Note that motivation for the change should be in the Benefit to Fedora section below, and this part should answer the question "What?" rather than "Why?". -->
-Update Hunspell Dictionary dir from myspell/ to hunspell/
+Update Hunspell Dictionary system directory from /usr/share/myspell/ to /usr/share/hunspell/
 == Owner ==
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 * Email: <vishalvvr@fedoraproject.org>
+* Name: [[User:Pnemade| Parag Nemade]]
+* Email: <pnemade@redhat.com>
+* Name: [[User:Petersen| Jens Petersen]]
+* Email: <petersen@redhat.com>
 <!--- UNCOMMENT only for Changes with assigned Shepherd (by FESCo)
 * FESCo shepherd: [[User:FASAccountName| Shehperd name]] <email address>
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 == Current status ==
-[[Category:ChangePageIncomplete]]
+[[Category:ChangeAcceptedF36]]
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 ON_QA -> change is fully code complete
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-* FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
+* [https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/H6DJQKXRQ47ABOPXMRMMEFEREATUZWS3/ devel thread]
-* Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
+* FESCo issue: [https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/2730 #2730]
-* Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
+* Tracker bug: [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2041930 #2041930]
+* Release notes tracker: [https://pagure.io/fedora-docs/release-notes/issue/789 #789]
 == Detailed Description ==
 <!-- Expand on the summary, if appropriate.  A couple sentences suffices to explain the goal, but the more details you can provide the better. -->
-In most of the linux distributions the standard Hunspell dictionary path is `/usr/share/hunspell/` but in fedora its `/usr/share/myspell/`. This effort is to follow default standard to install all Hunspell dictionary into `/usr/share/hunspell/` instead of `/usr/share/myspell/`.
+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 ==
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       https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/perl5.26 (major upgrade to a popular software stack, visible to users of that stack)
 -->
-This change will standardize the default dictionary installation dir location which is followed across all the Linux distributions.
+This will future proof Fedora to use the correct current location for hunspell spelling dictionaries.
 == Scope ==
 * Proposal owners:
 <!-- What work do the feature owners have to accomplish to complete the feature in time for release?  Is it a large change affecting many parts of the distribution or is it a very isolated change? What are those changes?-->
+** PR for Hunspell package
+*** Update dir name from myspell/ to hunspell/
+*** <strike>Create symlink myspell (to have better backward compatibility)</strike>
+** PRs for language dictionaries ([https://paste.opensuse.org/61121010 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 [https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/vishalvvr/hunspell_symlink copr repo]
 * Other developers: <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
 <!-- What work do other developers have to accomplish to complete the feature in time for release?  Is it a large change affecting many parts of the distribution or is it a very isolated change? What are those changes?-->
+** merge PRs to update path in hunspell-* dictionaries
+** Merge PRs to update path dictionary path for libreoffice & Firefox
 * Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issues #Releng issue number] <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
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 . What are the expected results of those actions?
 -->
+. Check if default installed dictionary path is `/usr/share/hunspell/`
+`$ hunspell -D` or `$ ls /usr/share/hunspell/`
+. Install any language dictionary and check if it getting installed into '/usr/share/hunspell/'
+`$ dnf install hunspell-hi`
+`$ hunspell -D`
+. Test spellchecking working in desktop apps for your language (eg Libreoffice, Firefox, Gedit, Evolution, Thunderbird, KDE, Emacs, etc)
+. Spellchecking on commandline: aspell, hunspell, nuspell
 <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
 == User Experience ==
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   - Green has been scientifically proven to be the most relaxing color. The move to a default background color of green with green text will result in Fedora users being the most relaxed users of any operating system.
 -->
+User should not notice any difference: their applications should continue to work as expected after this directory migration.
 == Dependencies ==
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 <!-- If you cannot complete your feature by the final development freeze, what is the backup plan?  This might be as simple as "Revert the shipped configuration".  Or it might not (e.g. rebuilding a number of dependent packages).  If you feature is not completed in time we want to assure others that other parts of Fedora will not be in jeopardy.  -->
-* Contingency mechanism: (What to do?  Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)  <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
+* Contingency mechanism: revert release back to /usr/share/myspell  <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
 <!-- When is the last time the contingency mechanism can be put in place?  This will typically be the beta freeze. -->
-* Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)  <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
+* Contingency deadline: Beta  <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
 <!-- Does finishing this feature block the release, or can we ship with the feature in incomplete state? -->
-* Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
+* Blocks release? No <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
 == Documentation ==
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 <!-- REQUIRED FOR SYSTEM WIDE CHANGES -->
-N/A (not a System Wide Change)
 == Release Notes ==

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