Bug#523601: spelling: inofficial vs. unofficial

[Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>]

Package: lintian
Version: 2.2.9
Severity: minor


I'm wondering about:

  /usr/share/lintian/lib/Spelling.pm:                      inofficial unofficial

Querying some well known online dictionaries:

| inofficial; nonofficial; unofficial

 -- http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/dings.cgi?lang=en&service=deen&opterrors=0&optpro=0&query=inofficial&iservice=&comment=

| inofficial
| nonofficial
| nonofficially
| unofficial
| unofficially
| off-the-record
| off the record

 -- http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&p=wlqAU.&search=inoffiziell

it shows that "inofficial" is a well known word.

What's the reason for the inofficial vs. unofficial check inside
lintian?

regards,
-mika-