https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167649

--- Comment #16 from Kevin Atkinson <[email protected]> ---
Hi,

Sorry if this is off-topic, but I am the current maintainer of the US/CA/AU
Hunspell dictionaries, and there were a few things I thought needed to be
cleared up.

I want to clarify first that the project is not abandoned, nor have I stepped
down.  I realize that the lack of updates may make it look that way, but I have
been maintaining SCOWL for over 25 years now.  Even after long periods of
inactivity, I always manage to swing back around and create new releases.  I
also realize that many users are frustrated by my lack of responsiveness when
requesting new words; however, I now have plans to address those issues.  I
hope to create a new release sometime in early 2026.  For details on my future
plans, see: https://github.com/en-wl/wordlist/issues/394

The next release will move the project to a new format.  This new format stores
words as lemmas with POS and all derived forms (including irregular ones). 
This will take some work, but the new information can likely help provide
better-quality morphological data.  I am actively looking for someone to help
with this: https://github.com/en-wl/wordlist/discussions/432

The new release will also make it possible to provide better-quality word lists
with hyphenated compounds and proper abbreviations (ending with a period,
rather than having it stripped off), if that is something you could use.

I hope we can work more closely together in the future.  The best way to reach
out to me is via the GitHub project: https://github.com/en-wl/wordlist

Thank you,
Kevin Atkinson

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