diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
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+/libspelling-0.4.5.tar.xz
diff --git a/gating.yaml b/gating.yaml
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index 0000000..d353613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gating.yaml
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+--- !Policy
+product_versions:
+  - rhel-10
+decision_context: osci_compose_gate
+rules:
+  - !PassingTestCaseRule {test_case_name: desktop-qe.desktop-ci.tier1-gating.functional}
diff --git a/libspelling.spec b/libspelling.spec
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index 0000000..853f821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libspelling.spec
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+Name:           libspelling
+Version:        0.4.5
+Release:        %autorelease
+Summary:        Spellcheck library for GTK 4
+License:        LGPL-2.1-or-later
+URL:            https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libspelling
+Source:         https://download.gnome.org/sources/libspelling/0.4/libspelling-%{version}.tar.xz
+
+BuildRequires:  meson
+BuildRequires:  gcc
+BuildRequires:  gettext
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gio-2.0)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtk4)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gtksourceview-5)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(enchant-2)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(icu-uc)
+BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(gobject-introspection-1.0)
+# for vapigen
+BuildRequires:  vala
+BuildRequires:  gi-docgen
+
+
+%description
+A spellcheck library for GTK 4.  This library is heavily based upon GNOME Text
+Editor and GNOME Builder's spellcheck implementation.
+
+
+%package devel
+Summary:        Development files for %{name}
+Requires:       %{name}%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
+
+
+%description devel
+The %{name}-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing
+applications that use %{name}.
+
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -n libspelling-%{version}
+
+
+%build
+%meson -Ddocs=false
+%meson_build
+
+
+%install
+%meson_install
+%find_lang libspelling
+
+
+%check
+%meson_test
+
+
+%files -f libspelling.lang
+%license COPYING
+%doc NEWS
+%{_libdir}/libspelling-1.so.2*
+%{_libdir}/girepository-1.0/Spelling-1.typelib
+
+
+%files devel
+%{_includedir}/libspelling-1
+%{_libdir}/libspelling-1.so
+%{_libdir}/pkgconfig/libspelling-1.pc
+%{_datadir}/gir-1.0/Spelling-1.gir
+%dir %{_datadir}/vala
+%dir %{_datadir}/vala/vapi
+%{_datadir}/vala/vapi/libspelling-1.deps
+%{_datadir}/vala/vapi/libspelling-1.vapi
+
+
+%changelog
+%autochangelog
diff --git a/sources b/sources
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index 0000000..26c8961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SHA512 (libspelling-0.4.5.tar.xz) = 2f06f2edcd0fd08e23f567545d131c5251ef830230959f9d494a688428e4b1db83331236733b6e6b08dab91f15558ee16082bfcf72eecb7d508030be0d330b73