Bug#990387: ITP: jiten -- Jiten Japanese Dictionary

["Felix C. Stegerman" <flx@obfusk.net>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: "Felix C. Stegerman" <flx@obfusk.net>
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, flx@obfusk.net

* Package name    : jiten
  Version         : 1.1.0
  Upstream Author : Felix C. Stegerman <flx@obfusk.net>
* URL             : https://github.com/obfusk/jiten
* License         : AGPLv3+ (code) + various other licenses (data)
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : Jiten Japanese Dictionary

 Jiten is a Japanese dictionary based on JMDict/Kanjidic
 .
 Features:
 .
  Fine-grained search using regexes (regular expressions)
  * simple searches don't require knowledge of regexes
  * quick reference available in the web interface and android app
 .
  JMDict multilingual japanese dictionary
  * kanji, readings (romaji optional), meanings & more
  * meanings in english, dutch, german, french and/or spanish
  * pitch accent (from Wadoku, non-free)
  * browse by frequency/jlpt
 .
  Kanji dictionary
  * readings (romaji optional), meanings (english), jmdict entries, radicals & more
  * search using SKIP codes
  * search by radical
  * handwritten kanji recognition
  * browse by frequency/level/jlpt/SKIP
 .
  Example sentences (from Tatoeba)
  * with english, dutch, german, french and/or spanish translation
  * some with audio (non-free)
 .
  Stroke order
  * input a word or sentence and see how it's written
 .
 Interfaces:
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  Android app
  * wraps the web interface (running locally on your device) in a webview
  * completely offline, no internet access required
  * easily share and open jiten.obfusk.dev links
  * not included in this Debian package
 .
  Web interface
  * available online at https://jiten.obfusk.dev
  * light/dark mode
  * search history (stored locally)
  * tooltips to quickly see meanings and readings for kanji and words
  * use long press for tooltips on mobile
  * converts romaji to hiragana and between hiragana and katakana
  * can be run on your own computer
 .
  Command-line interface
 .
  WebView GUI
  * wraps the web interface (running locally on your computer)
  * requires python3-webview

I'm the developer of Jiten Japanese Dictionary.

I also maintain the NixOS package.

The Android version is available on F-Droid.

I've already packaged it for Debian [1], but I need a sponsor and
could use some advice on how best to deal with some of the remaining
complaints from lintian :)

I'll upload a source package to mentors.debian.net after I release
v1.1.0 in a few days.

Dependencies not yet in Debian: kanjidraw [2].

- Felix

[1] https://salsa.debian.org/obfusk/jiten/-/tree/debian/sid
[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=988516