Bug#436119: ITA: dict-gcide
- To: Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@researchut.com>
- Cc: djpig@debian.org, edmonds@debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org, 436119@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Bug#436119: ITA: dict-gcide
- From: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:13:45 +0000
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20091215181345.GA5455@scru.org>
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- Reply-to: Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>, 436119@bugs.debian.org
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On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 05:24:48PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> The copyright file lists that the copy of GCIDE is archived. I am not very sure
> who the current upstream is and if this database is still actively maintained.
It is not. Upstream abandoned GCIDE on the grounds that WordNet is a free
dictionary that is actively maintained, and so GCIDE was no longer necessary.
I feel that WordNet is of poor quality and largely inadequate, so I disagree.
> There have been many bugfixes to typos and definitions but I don't see a
> debian/patches folder. Is Debian the only distribution packaging it now ?
> Currently there are 19 open bug reports against this package. If I intend to
> fix them, where do I submit the patches ?
You don't. You will be effectively maintaining a fork. You might consider
changing the name.
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