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Re: PFC Aspell (was Re: spell and nano (was reply to cgf about gpl violation))


On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 07:58:42AM +1000, Gareth Pearce wrote:
>> I think it should be 0.51.0, as a "-1" will be added for the Cygwin
>> version (which makes it "0.51.0-1"). I don't know if Setup will be able to
>> use 0.51-0-1 but even if Setup doesn't get upset, I would (mostly because
>> multiple dashes in a single version just don't look nice).
>
>That sounds like my extended reasoning precisely ;)
>
>>
>> Of course, if the powers that be don't agree with me, it'll be 0.51-0-1 :)
>
>ofcourse! ;)
>>
>> > Anyway - wish you better luck then i had in my 10minute attempt to
>package
>> > english ;)
>> > Chuck's script is great - but its no AI... (infact i think writing a new
>> > script from scratch might almost be the go in this case - or not using
>> > method 2 ...).
>> I'll see how far I get with method 2, but as the dictionary sources are
>> rather small, I'd be surprised if using a build script saves any time..
>
>well - since you could probably almost get away with the same script for
>every language - and for everytime they update a language - or you need to
>patch (which I imagine wont be that often)... (a few more dots) ...
>>
>> I'll have a go at it tomorow.
>sounds good.
>
>I wonder - are we allowed to review each others package? :P
>somehow i dont think votes will be an issue...

I think my stupendous trump powers come into play here.  I would *love*
to have aspell included so any way you guys can figure out to do it is
automatically approved.

I'll bet we'd get a bunch of amens from the rest of the maintainers on
this package anyway.  I can't imagine why anyone would not want this.

cgf


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