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List:       aspell-user
Subject:    Re: [Aspell-user] Re: Dictionary maintainers and team
From:       Kevin Atkinson <kevina () gnu ! org>
Date:       2007-09-26 22:53:21
Message-ID: 20070926162122.D94608 () bas ! flux ! utah ! edu
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On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Christoph Hintermüller wrote:

> 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.

The German version is based on an older snapshot available at:
   http://j3e.de/ispell/igerman98/

I could stand to be updated.  The Aspell version does not have an official 
maintainer.  I could defiantly use someone to update it.

>> 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 out of date but I can send you that if you think it will be helpful.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.

Attached.  I hope to have an automatically updated version of this report 
posted somewhere on aspell.net some time soon.

Information on non-aspell dictionaries has not been updated in 
a while (Dec 2006 or earlier).  I have some scripts which do some of the 
work on updating the list which I need to dig up.

>> 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 ...

Great! I will get back to you privately

> 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?

Yes, although if possible I would like to look it over.

["report.txt" (TEXT/plain)]

AVAILABLE ASPELL DICTIONARIES

Afrikaans (af)   . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amharic (am)   . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Arabic (ar)  . . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  complete   . . .  accurate   .
Azerbaijani (az)   . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Belarusian (be)  . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bulgarian (bg)   . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bengali (bn)   . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Breton (br)  . . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Catalan (ca)   . . . . . . . .  0.50  0.60   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Czech (cs)   . . . . . . . . .  0.50  0.60  complete   . . .  accurate   .
Kashubian (csb)  . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Welsh (cy)   . . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Danish (da)  . . . . . . . . .  0.50   . .  complete   . . .  accurate   .
German (de)  . . . . . . . . .  0.50  0.60  complete   . . .  accurate   .
German - Old Spelling (de-alt)   . .  0.60  complete   . . .  accurate   .
Greek (el)   . . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
English (en)   . . . . . . . .  0.50  0.60  complete   . . .  accurate   .
Esperanto (eo)   . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Spanish (es)   . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Estonian (et)  . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Persian (fa)   . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Finnish (fi)   . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . . . . . . . . .
Faroese (fo)   . . . . . . . .  0.50   . .  complete   . . .  accurate   .
French (fr)  . . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Frisian (fy)   . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Irish (ga)   . . . . . . . . .  0.50   . .  complete   . . .  accurate   .
Scottish Gaelic (gd)   . . . .  0.50   . .  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Galician (gl)  . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gujarati (gu)  . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Manx Gaelic (gv)   . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hebrew (he)  . . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  almost complete   accurate   .
Hindi (hi)   . . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  inaccurate  
Hiligaynon (hil)   . . . . . .  0.50   . .  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Croatian (hr)  . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Upper Sorbian (hsb)  . . . . . . . .  0.60  almost complete   accurate   .
Hungarian (hu)   . . . . . . . . . .  0.60   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Armenian (hy)  . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Interlingua (ia)   . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Indonesian (id)  . . . . . . .  0.50   . .  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Icelandic (is)   . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Italian (it)   . . . . . . . .  0.50  0.60  complete   . . .  inaccurate  
Kurdi (ku)   . . . . . . . . .  0.50   . .  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Latin (la)   . . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Lithuanian (lt)  . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  complete   . . .  accurate   .
Latvian (lv)   . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . . . . . . . . .
Malagasy (mg)  . . . . . . . .  0.50   . .  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Maori (mi)   . . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Macedonian (mk)  . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Malayalam (ml)   . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Mongolian (mn)   . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Marathi (mr)   . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Malay (ms)   . . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Maltese (mt)   . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Norwegian Bokmal (nb)  . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Low Saxon (nds)  . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Dutch (nl)   . . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Norwegian Nynorsk (nn)   . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chichewa (ny)  . . . . . . . .  0.50   . .  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Oriya (or)   . . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . . . . . . . . .
Punjabi (pa)   . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Polish (pl)  . . . . . . . . .  0.50  0.60  complete   . . .  accurate   .
Portuguese (pt)  . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR)   . . .  0.60  complete   . . .  accurate   .
Portuguese (pt_PT)   . . . . . . . .  0.60  complete   . . .  accurate   .
Quechua (qu)   . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Romanian (ro)  . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Russian (ru)   . . . . . . . .  0.50  0.60   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kinyarwanda (rw)   . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sardinian (sc)   . . . . . . .  0.50   . .  complete   . . . . . . . . . .
Slovak (sk)  . . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Slovenian (sl)   . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Serbian (sr)   . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Swedish (sv)   . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Swahili (sw)   . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tamil (ta)   . . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Telugu (te)  . . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  inaccurate  
Tetum (tet)  . . . . . . . . .  0.50   . .  incomplete   . . . . . . . . .
Tagalog (tl)   . . . . . . . .  0.50   . .  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Setswana (tn)  . . . . . . . .  0.50   . .  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Turkish (tr)   . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ukrainian (uk)   . . . . . . .  0.50  0.60  complete   . . .  accurate   .
Uzbek (uz)   . . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  incomplete   . .  accurate   .
Vietnamese (vi)  . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  complete   . . . . . . . . . .
Walloon (wa)   . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Yiddish (yi)   . . . . . . . . . . .  0.60  complete   . . .  accurate   .
Zulu (zu)  . . . . . . . . . .  0.50   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Complete and Accurate: 14
    ar cs da de de-alt en fo ga lt pl pt_BR pt_PT uk yi
Almost Complete and Accurate: 2
    he hsb
Incomplete or Inaccurate: 31
    am az csb fa fi fy gd gu hi hil hy id it ku la lv mg ml mn mr nds ny or
    pa qu sr te tet tl tn uz
Unknown Status: 39
    af be bg bn br ca cy el eo es et fr gl gv hr hu ia is mi mk ms mt nb nl
    nn pt ro ru rw sc sk sl sv sw ta tr vi wa zu

TOTAL: 86


UNOFFICIAL ASPELL DICTIONARIES

Arabic (ar)  . . . . . . . . .  http://foolab.org/projects/arspell/  
Australian English (en_AU)   .  http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/oooau/  
Albanian (sq)  . . . . . . . .  http://psychology.rutgers.edu/~zaimi/software.html  


NEWER UPSTREAM VERSION

Danish (da)
     Aspell version: 1.4.42
     Debian version: 1.4.52
Faroese (fo)
     Aspell version: 0.2.16
     Debian version: 0.2.27
Italian (it)
     Aspell version: 2.2-beta-2005052
     Debian version: 0.60.20060723ds1
Lithuanian (lt)
     Aspell version: 1.1+cvs20060103
     Debian version: 1.1+cvs20060719
Norwegian Bokmal (nb)
     Aspell version: 2.0
     Debian version: 2.0.8-2


LANGUAGES WITH OPEN OFFICE DICTIONARIES BUT NO ASPELL ONES

Coptic (cop 2006-05-29)
Fijian (fj_FJ 2005-08-11)
Friulian (fur 2005-09-12)
Dyula (dyu 2005-10-13)
Fulah (ff 2005-10-13)
Mossi (mos 2005-09-18)
Nepali (ne_NP 2006-10-17)
South Ndebele (nr_ZA 2006-01-20)
Northern Sotho (nso_ZA 2006-01-20)
Swati (ss_ZA 2006-07-05)
Southern Sotho (st_ZA 2006-01-20)
Tsonga (ts_ZA 2006-01-23)
Venda (ve_ZA 2006-07-06)
Xhosa (xh_ZA 2006-01-23)
Khmer (km 2006-09-01)
Luxembourgish (lb_LU 2006-08-16)


DEBIAN USES POSSIBLY DIFFERENT UPSTREAM DICTIONARY

Arabic:
    aspell6-ar-1.2-0 vs. debian-ar-0.0.20060329-3
    (Aspell version considered to "large" for debian.)
Esperanto:
    aspell-eo-0.50-2 vs. debian-eo-2.1.2000.02.25-2
    (Source of Aspell Unknown)
Estonian:
    aspell6-et-0.1.21-1 vs. debian-et-20030606.4
    (Unsure)
Dutch:
    aspell-nl-0.50-2 vs. debian-nl-1:0.1e-44
    (Unsure)
Portuguese:
    aspell-pt-0.50-2 vs. debian-pt_BR-3.0~beta4-2
    (Should be resolved soon.)
Portuguese:
    aspell-pt-0.50-2 vs. debian-pt_PT-20060914-1
    (Should be resolved soon.)




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