Quoting Agustin Martin (2018-07-03 18:31:16) > Control: severity -1 wishlist > > On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 01:52:32PM +0200, Pander wrote: > > Package: myspell-da > > Version: 1.6.36-9 > > Severity: normal > > Tags: l10n > > > > Convert myspell-bg into dummy transitional package depending on > > hunspell-da and gradually phase out myspell-da. Myspell is no longer > > shipped and most other packages have migrated to the Hunspell package > > names. For example, see also > > https://packages.debian.org/stretch/myspell-af and > > https://packages.debian.org/stretch/myspell-ca Note that the internal > > format of the files for Myspell and Hunspell is identical, so this > > concerns only the packaging.
> In this particular case, lo-dicts ships hunspell-da, however from > different author > > hunspell-da: > Copyright (C) 2014 Foreningen for frit tilgængelige sprogværktøjer > Website: http://www.stavekontrolden.dk > E-mail: i...@stavekontrolden.dk > License: GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1/MPL 1.1 tri-license > > myspell-da: > Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Skåne Sjælland Linux User Group > <bestyrel...@sslug.dk> and the contributors. > License: GPL 2+ > Website: http://da.speling.org/fejlmelding/ > > In these cases, we usually select one of them only if there is a clear > consensus that one is clearly better than the other. Otherwise, I > personally prefer to keep both. > > Jonas, what the Danish users groups think about these two dicts? > > Considering current versions, if it is clear that hunspell-da should > supersede myspell-da, it is better if lo-dicts ships the transitional > myspell-da. Once it reaches testing we can remove old myspell-da and > the transition would be complete. > > Note that this requires agreement from myspell-da maintainer(s). hunspell-da and myspell-da is indeed different dictionaries. They cannot be merged due to different licensing: The oldest and most comprehensive project (DSDO) chose a strong copyleft license, and the newer project (Stavekontrolden) started from scratch to be able to choose a different license. myspell-da is _not_ obsolete - it is arguably superior to hunspell-da despite its older - but compatible - container format. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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