[Dict-common-dev] Upcoming release of Debian Aspell 0.50 packages

[Brian Nelson]

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Maintainers of Aspell-related packages,

Now that the issues with the aspell-en license have been worked out and
with the GCC 3.2 transition now in motion, I plan to finally release
Aspell 0.50 to unstable in the next couple days.  There are some major
changes in this release that will affect your packages:

* The pspell-ispell combination is obsolete, and ispell dictionaries
  will no longer work with pspell.
* pspell itself is obsolete, as it has merged with Aspell.  A
  backward-compatible pspell header file will be included, however.
* Aspell now uses a new dictionary format, so dictionaries will need to
  be rebuilt.  Fortunately, the build interface for libraries has not
  changed.
* The dictionary naming scheme has changed.  .pwli files are no longer
  used.  Please consult the Aspell manual for more information.

The following links may be helpful:

http://aspell.net/dist.txt
http://savannah.gnu.org/download/aspell/manual/user/manual.html

If you would like to test the new Aspell packages and begin porting your
package to the new Aspell, they are available here:

http://bignachos.com/~nelson/debian/

Thanks,
Brian (Debian Aspell maintainer)

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Curse my natural showmanship!

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