Re: [evolution-patches] [PATCH] Allow gnome-spell to work with pspell 0.12.x in addition to aspell 0.50

[Radek Doulík <rodo ximian com>]

On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 17:35, Rodney Dawes wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 11:23, Radek Doulík wrote:
> > On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 17:11, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 10:53, Rodney Dawes wrote:
> > > > We should probably make gnome-spell just use the pspell interfaces, and
> > > > in aspell 0.50, just use the pspell compat layer. This is what Abiword
> > > > does, and it works very nicely. 
> > > 
> > > Actually, moving towards using the newer interfaces as much as possible
> > > is the right direction.  But due to the variety of problems with
> > > dictionaries and the like, providing a compatibility layer for a while
> > > until the newer aspell is actually deployed everywhere eases
> > > transitions.  If everyone says "let's just use the pspell compat layer",
> > > then the time for switching is just postponed until the aspell
> > > maintainer pulls that (whether due to wanting to add interfaces that
> > > would break it or just not wanting to maintain it any longer).  If
> > > you're already using the new interface when that happens with a fallback
> > > for people using older versions, then you're ready and don't have to
> > > worry about it.  And in a year or two when no one is using pspell 0.12
> > > anymore, you just kill the compatibility layer in gnome-spell.
> > 
> > yeah, I would also rather keep using aspell interface instead of
> > pspell(compat) one which will be probably deprecated at some point.
> 
> This patch shouldn't go into CVS then. All of the new distros use the
> new aspell, except for Red Hat. I don't see any reason to put this here,
> when it can just be removed in 4-5 months when the next RH release comes
> out.

It could help people on older distributions who are compiling packages
themselves. I am tempted to use the patch, do you see any problem it can
bring?

Cheers
Radek