Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/1] doc: explain steps for improved code spell checking

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

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.