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Update Hunspell Dictionary dir from myspell/ to hunspell/ | Update Hunspell Dictionary dir from /usr/share/myspell/ to /usr/share/hunspell/ | ||
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Revision as of 06:33, 13 December 2021
Hunspell Dictionary dir change from myspell to hunspell
Summary
Update Hunspell Dictionary dir from /usr/share/myspell/ to /usr/share/hunspell/
Owner
- Name: Vishal Vijayraghavan
- Email: <vishalvvr@fedoraproject.org>
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora Linux 36
- Last updated: 2021-12-13
- FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
- Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
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/.
Feedback
Benefit to Fedora
This change will standardize the default dictionary installation dir location which is followed across all the Linux distributions.
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:
- 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/ 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
User Experience
Dependencies
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
- Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
Documentation
N/A (not a System Wide Change)