Re: [Aspell-user] Wannabe dict mantainer

[Ethan Bradford]

(Note, I'm just somebody who has also done a database, not any sort of authority.)

It sounds to me like the old Portuguese is abandoned, so it's good you're taking it over.  If you can't get another source for pt_PT, you might try merging the old pt_PT with your new pt_BR, or maybe better yet, do a diff on the old pt_PT and pt_BR and apply that diff to your pt_BR.

For either product, you'll want to come up with some tests to confirm that you got an improvement, of course.

On hosting, you'll need some way to get your zip file to Kevin Atkinson.  If it's too large to email, then you'll need a web site to make it availble from.  For me, it worked out to be easiest to create an SF account for that.  (You might also try Google Code Hosting, which is intended to be more reliable -- it wasn't avaialble when I worked on Arabic.)  If you have any sources which are necessary for regenerating your word lists, you'll need a repository outside of Aspell, anyhow.

On 11/4/06, Leonardo Fontenelle <address@hidden> wrote:

I have an Aspell 0.60-aware pt_BR dictionary right now in my HDD, as
well as an shell script to automate it. The problem is: every time
there is an error converting from Myspell/Hunspell (AFAIK we are not
using the extensions yet) I have to mail the "real" dict mantainer and
ask him to fix it.

Besides, the Aspell package also includes pt_PT, and I don't know how
to deal with that yet.

Ricardo Ueda, former Aspell and Ispell dicts maintainer for pt_BR, is
unreachable by e-mail and that's the main reason why I'm volunteering.
His web page was last modified 3 years ago, and there is some "beta"
version of the Ispell dict which is was never released.

The project page as well as the tarballs are hosted at an university
domain; I have never heard of sf.net being involved and have just
looked for the project there and couldn't find it.

I'm not thinking of using his "spoil" because OOo already did it, so
it seems to be all about converting from OOo and pointing people to
contribute word to Myspell/Hunspell first.

If you need someone else to confirm Ricardo Ueda is unreachable, you
can e-mail him ( address@hidden) or Raimundo Moura
(address@hidden), the maintainer of pt_BR OOo
spellchecker. The br.ispell and aspell page is/was
http://www.ime.usp.br/~ueda/br.ispell/.

I'll read the documentation as soon as I can. Should I host the files
somewhere else, or may I send them directly to the GNU Aspell project?

Leonardo Fontenelle

2006/11/4, Ethan Bradford <address@hidden>:
> It's delightful that you're willing to help out, Leonardo!
>
> If you've already got dictionaries from OpenOffice, they are formatted for
> HunSpell.  I bet you can find automatic converters between them.
>
> As to procedure, you should first see if you can contact the person listed
> as the owner now.  He or she might have a repository (like on SourceForge)
> where you should put your updated sources.
>
> The technical details of making a list are described here:
> http://aspell.sourceforge.net/man-html/Adding-Support-For-Other-Languages.html