Bug#487874: Problem of duff words in myspell-en-gb is more widespread

[John Winters <john@sinodun.org.uk>]

Rene Engelhard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> John Winters wrote:
>> All of these words are listed correctly in the version of myspell-en-gb
>> in Etch (2.0.4~rc1-3)
>>
>> I would suggest that the severity of this error needs increasing
>> markedly, because the dictionary is useless with this many errors in it.
> 
> And what would you suggest? Remove the package? Revert to an ancient
> version?

I thought it was perfectly clear what I was suggesting - escalating the
severity because the package is seriously broken.  If you want to go
further, and if it can't be determined how it was broken, then perhaps
reverting to the last known good version would be the best bet.  It's
not after all that ancient.

> And are you sure this is a dictionary bug after all (i.e. are the words
> really missing there - didn't check myself yet) or whether OOo or iceweasel
> or whatever you use myspell-en-gb with just doesn't handle it correctly
> in some manner?

No, I'm not sure, but the problem seems to manifest itself in both OOo
and iceweasel, so it suggests that the problem is in the dictionary.

Now, if you want to be constructive instead of getting silly then you
can perhaps suggest how one could test where the problem is.  It seems
to be a systemic thing (all the duff words are derivatives) so it could
be an algorithmic error.  The addition of lots of broken versions of the
words also suggests this.

If you think the bug is filed against the wrong package, then make a
suggestion of what it should be filed against, but don't post such
inflammatory silliness.

John