[Parl-devel] Bug#910651: Bug#910651: Bug#910651: parl-desktop-eu, parl-desktop-world: Please consider alternative dependency on myspell-es or hunspell-es

[Jonas Smedegaard]

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

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