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Thomas Monjalon Feb. 3, 2021, 10:30 a.m. UTC 
  The script build-dict.sh was added in DPDK 20.08.
It generates a better dictionary for spell checking
done via checkpatch.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
---
 doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Bruce Richardson Feb. 3, 2021, 12:18 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 11:30:57AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> The script build-dict.sh was added in DPDK 20.08.
> It generates a better dictionary for spell checking
> done via checkpatch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> ---
>  doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> index a7346b4cb1..a27e5731a6 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> @@ -431,11 +431,15 @@ updating the Linux kernel sources.
>  The path to the original Linux script must be set in the environment variable ``DPDK_CHECKPATCH_PATH``.
>  
>  Spell checking of commonly misspelled words
> -can be enabled by downloading the codespell dictionary::
> +can be enabled with the codespell library::
>  
> -   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codespell-project/codespell/master/codespell_lib/data/dictionary.txt
> +   git clone https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell.git
>  

Does installing via apt or dnf work as well? If we do install from package
do we still need to specify the path to codespell as script parameter?

> -The path to the downloaded ``dictionary.txt`` must be set
> +There is a DPDK script to build an adjusted dictionary::
> +
> +   devtools/build-dict.sh codespell/ > codespell-dpdk.txt
> +

Do we always need to have people build this themselves? Can we create a
.codespell-dpdk.txt file in the repo and have that as the default value for
the path if the environment variable is not set?

> +The path to the dictionary must be set
>  in the environment variable ``DPDK_CHECKPATCH_CODESPELL``.
>  
>  Environment variables required by the development tools,
> -- 
> 2.30.0
>
Thomas Monjalon Feb. 3, 2021, 12:53 p.m. UTC | #2 
03/02/2021 13:18, Bruce Richardson:
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 11:30:57AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > -   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codespell-project/codespell/master/codespell_lib/data/dictionary.txt
> > +   git clone https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell.git
> >  
> 
> Does installing via apt or dnf work as well? If we do install from package
> do we still need to specify the path to codespell as script parameter?

It depends whether all needed dictionary files are installed. Are they?

> > -The path to the downloaded ``dictionary.txt`` must be set
> > +There is a DPDK script to build an adjusted dictionary::
> > +
> > +   devtools/build-dict.sh codespell/ > codespell-dpdk.txt
> > +
> 
> Do we always need to have people build this themselves? Can we create a
> .codespell-dpdk.txt file in the repo and have that as the default value for
> the path if the environment variable is not set?

The dictionaries are frequently updated.
I don't really want to update them in DPDK.

The default dictionary from the distro is used by default (if installed).

In general, I think only tree maintainers and CI admins
have to install the dictionaries for better result.
Bruce Richardson Feb. 3, 2021, 1:59 p.m. UTC | #3 
On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 01:53:58PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 03/02/2021 13:18, Bruce Richardson:
> > On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 11:30:57AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > -   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codespell-project/codespell/master/codespell_lib/data/dictionary.txt
> > > +   git clone https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell.git
> > >  
> > 
> > Does installing via apt or dnf work as well? If we do install from package
> > do we still need to specify the path to codespell as script parameter?
> 
> It depends whether all needed dictionary files are installed. Are they?
> 
> > > -The path to the downloaded ``dictionary.txt`` must be set
> > > +There is a DPDK script to build an adjusted dictionary::
> > > +
> > > +   devtools/build-dict.sh codespell/ > codespell-dpdk.txt
> > > +
> > 
> > Do we always need to have people build this themselves? Can we create a
> > .codespell-dpdk.txt file in the repo and have that as the default value for
> > the path if the environment variable is not set?
> 
> The dictionaries are frequently updated.
> I don't really want to update them in DPDK.
> 
> The default dictionary from the distro is used by default (if installed).
> 
> In general, I think only tree maintainers and CI admins
> have to install the dictionaries for better result.
> 
That's good. Perhaps it's better to note down then first that the default
distro dictionaries are used and if one wants enhanced checking to follow
the extra steps.

/Bruce
Thomas Monjalon Feb. 3, 2021, 3:53 p.m. UTC | #4 
03/02/2021 14:59, Bruce Richardson:
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 01:53:58PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 03/02/2021 13:18, Bruce Richardson:
> > > On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 11:30:57AM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > > > -   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codespell-project/codespell/master/codespell_lib/data/dictionary.txt
> > > > +   git clone https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell.git
> > > >  
> > > 
> > > Does installing via apt or dnf work as well? If we do install from package
> > > do we still need to specify the path to codespell as script parameter?
> > 
> > It depends whether all needed dictionary files are installed. Are they?
> > 
> > > > -The path to the downloaded ``dictionary.txt`` must be set
> > > > +There is a DPDK script to build an adjusted dictionary::
> > > > +
> > > > +   devtools/build-dict.sh codespell/ > codespell-dpdk.txt
> > > > +
> > > 
> > > Do we always need to have people build this themselves? Can we create a
> > > .codespell-dpdk.txt file in the repo and have that as the default value for
> > > the path if the environment variable is not set?
> > 
> > The dictionaries are frequently updated.
> > I don't really want to update them in DPDK.
> > 
> > The default dictionary from the distro is used by default (if installed).
> > 
> > In general, I think only tree maintainers and CI admins
> > have to install the dictionaries for better result.
> > 
> That's good. Perhaps it's better to note down then first that the default
> distro dictionaries are used and if one wants enhanced checking to follow
> the extra steps.

Yes I'll reword.
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diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
index a7346b4cb1..a27e5731a6 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
@@ -431,11 +431,15 @@  updating the Linux kernel sources.
 The path to the original Linux script must be set in the environment variable ``DPDK_CHECKPATCH_PATH``.
 
 Spell checking of commonly misspelled words
-can be enabled by downloading the codespell dictionary::
+can be enabled with the codespell library::
 
-   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codespell-project/codespell/master/codespell_lib/data/dictionary.txt
+   git clone https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell.git
 
-The path to the downloaded ``dictionary.txt`` must be set
+There is a DPDK script to build an adjusted dictionary::
+
+   devtools/build-dict.sh codespell/ > codespell-dpdk.txt
+
+The path to the dictionary must be set
 in the environment variable ``DPDK_CHECKPATCH_CODESPELL``.
 
 Environment variables required by the development tools,