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Bug#971407: ITP: whitakers-words -- latin parser and translation aid



Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Calum McConnell <calumlikesapplepie@gmail.com>
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, calumlikesapplepie@gmail.com

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* Package name    : whitakers-words
  Version         : 0~20.6.7
  Upstream Author : Martin Keegan <martin@no.ucant.org>
* URL             : http://mk270.github.io/whitakers-words/index.html
* License         : Public Domain
  Programming Lang: Ada
  Description     : latin parser and translation aid

Whittakers Words is a program that takes in words in latin,
and analyzes them to determine the stems, case, form,  and any
possible  translations.  It can also provide latin words with
a given translation, going from latin to english.  It is
an invaluble tool for latin users, be they experts or
new learners.

Words was created by Willam Whitaker (1936-2010) as a
curiosity that demonstrated his new programming language,
Ada.  It was since improved and iterated on, ported away
from is DOS roots, and given an online access point. 

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This package, as mentioned above, is increadibly useful for
working with latin texts.  As such, most latin teachers
and students will use it often: I certainly have.  I
am not aware with any other packaged program with the
same functionality, and while there do exist other, similar
programs, they are comparativly inaccurate and weak.  

I plan on maintaining it mostly on my own, with aid from
upstream.  I *will* need a sponsor to upload it, and if
anyone is intrested in co-maintaing I would be happy for
the help.  A mentor would probably also be needed,
as I have never actually made a package from scratch
before.

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