On Wed, 29 Dec 2021 at 10:02, Ben Cotton <bcot...@redhat.com> 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: <vishal...@fedoraproject.org> > > > == 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. > > == 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 > > -- > Ben Cotton > He / Him / His > Fedora Program Manager > Red Hat > TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis -- Elliott _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
