[Aspell-user] Re: Dictionary maintainers and team

[Christoph Hintermüller]

Hi Keviin
Am Sonntag 23 September 2007 schrieben Sie:
> On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, Christoph Hintermüller wrote:
>
> [Sorry for taking so long to get back to you, I have been very busy with
> other things]
>
> Unfortunately I do am not keeping track of this information in a formal
> manual. I have been trying to collect this information, in particular, I
> would, for each dictionary, would like to have:
>    1) The official upstream maintainer
>    2) Someone responsible for keeping the Aspell version in sync with
>       the upstream version
> For various reasons this is not always the same person. I have an internal
> database with some of this information but it is not complete.
>
> However, for many dictionaries I have a general feel for how well it is
> maintained and if the Aspell version is kept in sync with the official
> upstream version.  So if you are interested in a particular dictionary let
> me know and I can tell you what I know about it.
The one i'm most interested in for the moment is the german one, as the 
article was about comparison of ispell, aspell, hunspell and commercial duden 
speller. Tests were done with german text.
>
> I can also send you a tarball of the "info" and README files from all the
> latest official dictionaries which will give you information of the authors
> of the official dictionaries and the last time they where updated.
>
> A while ago I did a survey which of the available dictionaries out there
> for Aspell, Ispell, Myspell, Hunspell and how there compare.  It is a bit
> out of date but I can send you that if you think it will be helpful.
>
Yes please. See below.
> In additional I would like to have a few people, with adequate time on
> there hands, to help to help with the general maintenance of Aspell
> dictionaries as I posted last November:
>    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/aspell-announce/2006-11/msg00000.html
Ok i'v thought about that. I take the part of keeping track on the 
dictionaries, contacting the last known maintainers, get new ones ...

Is it ok than that i write the letter to the editor concerning the article on 
behalf of all the developers and active dictionary maintainers?

Greetings
Xris




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