F39 Change Proposal: Aspell Depreciation (Self-Contained Change)

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AspellDeprecation This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee. == Summary == Deprecating aspell package because there are better-supported spell checkers like hunspell/enchant2 which could be used instead. It also has an upstream with almost 4 years of no action. == Owner == * Name: [[User:ljavorsk| Lukas Javorsky]] * Email: ljavorsk(a)redhat.com == Detailed Description == Upstream of the aspell package has been inactive for almost 4 years now. Most of the packages that have been using aspell in the past did migrate to the supported [https://github.com/hunspell/hunspell hunspell package] or any other spell checker. The plan is simple: 1) Deprecate aspell package. 2) Create Bugzilla tracker to request all packages to be migrated to the hunspell or any other spell checker (let maintainers choose their preferred one). 3) After all of the packages have been migrated, create a Change to retire aspell from Fedora == Feedback == Early feedback from the community is located in this ([https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.o... Devel list announce]) == Benefit to Fedora == Fedora shouldn't maintain a dead package. This change will ensure Fedora has relevant and upstreamed packages in it's repositories. == Scope == * Proposal owners: Package aspell will be deprecated and the migration request will be filled as a Bugzilla to all dependent packages * Other developers: Migrate to hunspell package or any other supported spellchecker present in Fedora repositories. * Release engineering: No action required * 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 == As this is only deprecation change, nothing will need to be handled manually. The dependent packages will migrate to hunspell or any other supported spellchecker present in Fedora repositories. == How To Test == == User Experience == == Dependencies == List of the packages from Fedora 39 === Requires === repoquery -q --repo=rawhide{,-source} --whatrequires 'aspell*' | grep -v '^aspell' | grep -v 'src$' | pkgname eiskaltdcpp-qt enchant-aspell enchant2-aspell kf5-sonnet-core kf5-sonnet-core moodle perl-Code-TidyAll perl-Text-Aspell php-pspell qa-tools recoll recoll xedit xmlcopyeditor yagf === BuildRequires === repoquery -q --repo=rawhide{,-source} --whatrequires 'aspell*' | grep -v '^aspell' | grep 'src$' | pkgname eiskaltdcpp enchant enchant2 hunspell-az hunspell-csb hunspell-de hunspell-en hunspell-fa hunspell-gv hunspell-ky ibus-typing-booster inkscape kf5-sonnet logjam perl-MouseX-ConfigFromFile perl-MouseX-Types-Path-Class perl-Text-Aspell perl-Text-SpellChecker PHP recoll tin xmlcopyeditor yagf == Contingency Plan == * Contingency mechanism: No contingency mechanism is required for deprecation. * Contingency deadline: Beta freeze * Blocks release? No ''NOTE: If we don't finish this change by the deadline, it is possible to just complete this change with the next release.'' == Documentation == == Release Notes == -- Aoife Moloney Product Owner Community Platform Engineering Team Red Hat EMEA Communications House Cork Road Waterford