Bug#436119: ITA: dict-gcide

2010-01-09 Thread Russell Coker
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Ritesh Raj Sarraf r...@researchut.com wrote: Sure. Looks like a good candidate to start a new project with ? Especially since it contains more than 8 decades of data which can stand of value even if just archived and maintained. Probably we just host it on alioth and let

Bug#436119: ITA: dict-gcide

2009-12-15 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
Hi, I have ITAed the package dict-gcide because I use it. I don't have much idea about lexical databases (that being one of the reason adopting it), so hope to gather some help here. The copyright file lists that the copy of GCIDE is archived. I am not very sure who the current upstream is and

Bug#436119: ITA: dict-gcide

2009-12-15 Thread Clint Adams
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 05:24:48PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: The copyright file lists that the copy of GCIDE is archived. I am not very sure who the current upstream is and if this database is still actively maintained. It is not. Upstream abandoned GCIDE on the grounds that WordNet

Bug#436119: ITA: dict-gcide

2009-12-15 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
Hello Clint, On Tuesday 15 Dec 2009 23:43:45 Clint Adams wrote: On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 05:24:48PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: The copyright file lists that the copy of GCIDE is archived. I am not very sure who the current upstream is and if this database is still actively maintained.