Quoting Agustin Martin (2018-10-10 11:16:57) > On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 12:43:34PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Quoting Agustin Martin (2018-10-09 12:18:23) > > > Both parl-desktop-eu and parl-desktop-world currently depend on > > > myspell-es, but hunspell-es is also available. > > > > > > Please consider changing the dependency to something like > > > > > > hunspell-es | myspell-es > > > > > > or the reverse 'or' if you prefer that. > > > > > > They are different dictionaries, myspell-es is the older > > > dictionary which has not seen new versions for some time. > > > hunspell-es is a different dictionary using a more open > > > development model. I do not want to force users to use one of > > > them, so I still keep myspell-es in the archive. However, > > > parl-desktop-* should allow using any of them. > > > > Thanks for the suggestion, and for elaborating on the difference > > between these disctionaries in particular. > > > > I reject this, however: > > > > parl-desktop-eu and parl-desktop-world are deliberately inflexible, > > so as to ensure that anyone installing them have same working > > environment.
> No problem. myspell-es is still the most used. I would expect that > with changes in dependencies hunspell-es will slowly increase its > share, but that should be a slow process. There are several related but separate issues here: a) allowing choice among multiple dictionaries b) preference among multiple dictionaries Regarding a), The tool boxer and its dataset boxer-data is about tracking the choices of Debian and fixating some of those choices. Since parl-* packages are outputs from Boxer, it is intentional for them to have fixated choice of dictionaries (and more). Regarding b), boxer covers both majority and minority choices of dictionaries - but parl-* packages specifically have as goal to provide as optimal a localization for a range of applications including Mozilla and LibreOffice products. Until recently that has required the use of myspell-es - and shifts to requiring hunspell-es - not because of popularity but because of how those packages are getting included with Mozilla and LibreOffice products over time. > Feel free to close this bug report if you find that convenient. Thanks. I think it makes sense to leave it open as I imagine the question may arise again, for other dictionaires or other choices fixated. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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