RE: git gui 1.7.9-1: "spell checking is unavailable" error message

RE: git gui 1.7.9-1: "spell checking is unavailable" error message

[Matt Seitz (matseitz)]

> On Behalf Of Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
> 
> en_US is the default, but if you chose another dictionary in the Options
> dialog, you would need that aspell-* package instead.  There is even a
> "none" option there.  So it's hard to say that git-gui really needs
> aspell-en when it's up to the user as to which dictionary he chooses.

OK, that makes sense.  

Any idea what caused the "git-gui" error message to start appearing after I ran "setup.exe" on Nov. 5?  I've been running "git-gui" 1.7.9-1 since February, and I haven't changed my "git-gui" options recently.  "Git-gui" was working fine with no error messages on Nov. 2.

RE: git gui 1.7.9-1: "spell checking is unavailable" error message

[Matt Seitz (matseitz)]

P.S. sorry about the line wrapping.  Microsoft Outlook is not cooperating with me...

Re: git gui 1.7.9-1: "spell checking is unavailable" error message

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Matt Seitz (matseitz)!

>> On Behalf Of Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
>> 
>> en_US is the default, but if you chose another dictionary in the Options
>> dialog, you would need that aspell-* package instead.  There is even a
>> "none" option there.  So it's hard to say that git-gui really needs
>> aspell-en when it's up to the user as to which dictionary he chooses.

> OK, that makes sense.  

> Any idea what caused the "git-gui" error message to start appearing after I
> ran "setup.exe" on Nov. 5?  I've been running "git-gui" 1.7.9-1 since
> February, and I haven't changed my "git-gui" options recently.  "Git-gui"
> was working fine with no error messages on Nov. 2. 

That could be an update in default package settings.
Or a broken interoperability configuration on your side.
Or... well, many possible reasons. The main question is how would you resolve
it. You can disable spell checking, or install relevant dictionary, as
suggested earlier.

Regarding package dependencies, I think it's worth creating a fake package
with short explanation of the implications of installing a software that
include optional dependency on spell checker. 


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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 08.11.2012, <05:27>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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Re: git gui 1.7.9-1: "spell checking is unavailable" error message)

[Matt Seitz]

From: Andrey Repin
> The main question is how would you resolve
> it. You can disable spell checking, or install relevant dictionary, as
> suggested earlier.

Well, I first wanted to try to get to the root cause of what triggered the 
problem.


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Re: git gui 1.7.9-1: "spell checking is unavailable" error message

[Matt Seitz]

> From: Matt Seitz (matseitz)
>
> Any idea what caused the "git-gui" error message to start appearing after 
> I ran "setup.exe" on Nov. 5?
> I've been running "git-gui" 1.7.9-1 since February, and I haven't changed 
> my "git-gui" options recently.
> "Git-gui" was working fine with no error messages on Nov. 2.

I looked through "setup.log".   I see that something triggered "aspell" to 
be installed on Nov. 5:

2012/11/05 06:48:59 Adding required dependency aspell: Selecting version 
0.60.6.1-1 for installation.

2012/11/05 06:48:59 Adding required dependency libaspell15: Selecting 
version 0.60.6.1-1 for installation.

From what I've read, git-gui silently disables spell check if "aspell" is 
not installed.  But if "aspell" is installed, "git-gui" tries to load it, 
and then load whatever dictionary is specified in the 
"gui.spellingdictionary" option. This option is not set on on my system, 
which apparently means "use default dictionary".   So, "git-gui" tries to 
load the default dictionary, and reports an error when it can't find it.

It looks like the Fedora team originally installed the "aspell-en" 
dictionary by default whenever "aspell" was installed.  Then they dropped it 
as a dependency for the same reason given earlier in this thread: that it's 
not really required for "aspell".  Then they made installing  the 
"aspell-en" dictionary a requirement again, to avoid issues like this.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494084

Does it make sense for Cygwin to follow Fedora's lead, and install 
"aspell-en" by default when "aspell" is installed? 


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