Bug#690367: hunspell: Latest version keeps gravitating to Finnish as a language.

[John Winters]

On 13/10/12 12:13, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> reassign 690367 iceweasel,icedove
> tag 690367 + moreinfo
> thanks
>
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 11:34:33AM +0100, John Winters wrote:
>> Since the latest version of hunspell etc. arrived in Wheezy, all spell
>
> "latest version of hunspell"? Huh?
>
> [2011-10-18] hunspell 1.3.2-4 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
>
> That is the "latest version".
>
> Sorry, really. I don't believe that this bug was there 1 year
> and noone noticed.

Did someone get out of bed on the wrong side this morning or are you 
always this scratchy?

> Could you actually take some minimal care when you report a bug?

Yes, I always do.  However with this sort of thing it's very difficult 
to decide which of a whole lot of packages is the relevant one.  When 
the same update affects two different applications the chances are it's 
the common component.

>> checking seems to default to Finnish as a language.  This affects both
>> Iceweasel and Icedove.
>
> Those probably got updates. Not hunspell.

Unfortunately, it's very difficult to see after an update what got 
updated.  Certainly both Iceweasel and Icedove *and lots of the 
components of the spell checker* got updated in the last week or so. 
Until one has worked out the exact cause of the bug, it makes sense to 
at least start off the bug report with the most generic component.

> Reassigning to them.

You may well be correct in your re-assignment, but your people skills 
need work.

That reminds me - I got flamed the last time I reported a bug in the 
spell checker.  I eventually tracked it down and fixed it myself, and 
submitted the fix.  Flaming users who don't have your intimate 
familiarity with the interworking of a lot of closely-working components 
is not however the best way to encourage this kind of assistance.

John