[email protected] wrote: > Hello, > > I work with the organisation (Bangor University) responsible for creating the > Welsh (Cymraeg) Hunspell data (.dic and .aff files). I am happy to package it > and maintain it such that a `hunspell-cy` package exists for spellchecking. > I've taken a look at > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Package_Maintainers#How_do_I_become_a_Package_Maintainer? > and it looks like I would need to first maintain an AUR package to achieve > this, as well as find two current package maintainers willing to sponsor me? > > I can see a user-contributed package exists here already > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/hunspell-cy-git though it hasn't been > maintained recently. I'm happy to provide an alternate package, or take over > maintenance, or skip AUR completely and provide an official package: whatever > is Arch's process here. > > I've never packaged software for Linux distros, but I am fairly active with > KDE https://invent.kde.org/finw and have been providing the Hunspell data for > LibreOffice https://extensions.libreoffice.org/en/extensions/show/27374 / > https://github.com/fin-w/LibreOffice-Geiriadur-Cymraeg-Welsh-Dictionary, so > I'm certain I can maintain the `hunspell-cy` package long-term. > > Can somebody help me get started?
Are you aware to https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_submission_guidelines ? I am only a user, not representing archlinux by any means. > > Many thanks, > > Finley >
