Change: LibreOffice Dictionaries

amoloney commented

2026-07-21 11:04:07 +00:00

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Add a new libreoffice-dictionaries source package in Fedora providing hunspell spellcheck dictionaries sourced directly from the LibreOffice upstream dictionaries repository, packaged as individual per-language subpackages named libreoffice-dict-.

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Add a new libreoffice-dictionaries source package in Fedora providing hunspell spellcheck dictionaries sourced directly from the LibreOffice upstream dictionaries repository, packaged as individual per-language subpackages named libreoffice-dict-<lang>. * [Change proposal](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/LibreOfficeDictionaries) * [devel post](https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/6ESP3RB3J3IY7TYYSRVBB5QFM3D2Q7OX/) * [Discourse discussion](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/f45-change-proposal-libreoffice-dictionaries-self-contained/196620) * Owners: @pnemade **Owners, do not implement this work until the FESCo vote has explicitly ended.** When a FESCo member has marked this ticket as APPROVED, you may proceed with the implementation. See the [FESCo ticket policy](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/#_ticket_policy) and the [Changes policy](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/program_management/changes_policy/) for more information. If no decision has been rendered after 7 days from the filing of this ticket and no indication (such as a -1 vote) that this will be taken up at a FESCo meeting, please feel free to ping for a status update. **REMINDER**: This ticket is for FESCo members to vote on the proposal. Further discussion should happen in the Discourse discussion linked above. Additional discussion may happen on the [Fedora Devel](https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/) mailing list.

amoloney added this to the Fedora Linux 45 milestone

2026-07-21 11:04:07 +00:00

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2026-07-21 11:04:07 +00:00

kevin commented

2026-07-21 20:58:22 +00:00

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+1

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2026-07-22 02:00:44 +00:00

siosm changed title from ~~Chnage: LibreOffice Dictionaries~~ to Change: LibreOffice Dictionaries

2026-07-22 02:40:54 +00:00

siosm commented

2026-07-22 02:42:55 +00:00

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+1

zbyszek commented

2026-07-22 10:37:17 +00:00

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As discussed somewhere (I can't find it right now, I hope that the discussion really happened not only in my head), eventually we want to switch over to the new dictionaries if they turn out to be better. But doing it slowly and allowing a transition period where both are available is OK too.

+1

As discussed somewhere (I can't find it right now, I hope that the discussion really happened not only in my head), eventually we want to switch over to the new dictionaries if they turn out to be better. But doing it slowly and allowing a transition period where both are available is OK too. +1

salimma commented

2026-07-27 19:40:19 +00:00

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+1

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2026-07-28 16:09:27 +00:00

decathorpe commented

2026-07-28 16:09:37 +00:00

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After 7 days, this is APPROVED (+4, 0, -0).

siosm commented

2026-07-28 17:13:41 +00:00

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As discussed somewhere (I can't find it right now, I hope that the discussion really happened not only in my head), eventually we want to switch over to the new dictionaries if they turn out to be better. But doing it slowly and allowing a transition period where both are available is OK too.

I think it was: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2UNVAG7LWTD5CYXQX22O2SQK3OXC2AKT/

> As discussed somewhere (I can't find it right now, I hope that the discussion really happened not only in my head), eventually we want to switch over to the new dictionaries if they turn out to be better. But doing it slowly and allowing a transition period where both are available is OK too. I think it was: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2UNVAG7LWTD5CYXQX22O2SQK3OXC2AKT/