Bug#682454: RFS: cows-and-bulls/1.0-1 [ITP] - Words-based cows and bulls guessing game

[Guruprasad <lgp171188@gmail.com>]

Hi Jakub,

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org> wrote:
> * Guruprasad <lgp171188@gmail.com>, 2012-07-31, 17:06:
>
>> The default dictionary file used by this game is /usr/share/dict/words
>> which is installed by the package wamerican.
>
>
> In fact, if dictionaries-common is installed, /usr/share/dict/words is
> managed using a mechanisms simliar to alternatives. There are more packages
> that make this file available; they all provide virtual package "wordlist".
>
>
>> I don't know if or not the file will be present in non-English locale
>> environments and even if it is there, it might contain non-ascii characters
>> in words.
>>
>> Should I list 'wamerican' package as a dependency?
>
>
> Yes. Even better, make it: wamerican | wordlist

Assuming that I want this game to run only on English locale, should
wamerican be sufficient? What if some other language package provides
that language's version of words?

Thanks & Regards,
Guruprasad