Re: Wordlist - What's next?

[Ahmad Al-rasheedan <asr at baldi dot cc>]

On Wednesday 03 September 2003 23:16, Nadim Shaikli wrote:

> First and foremost - CONGRATULATIONS on an incredible job and ON-TIME
> too :-)  Mashalla.  This is what we need to see more of.  Commitment,
> drive, perseverance, action and results - truly exceptional !!!!
>
> > With the addition of the new batch, we release version 0.2
>
> Ahmad, do please mail me the new 20,000 words

Did I say 20,000? I meant 45,000:) It is coming your way in a separate
message.

> so I can add 'em as a
> separate new file to be processed and checked for prior existence
> (ie. to make sure they don't already exist).

Mr. Shaikli, please keep those po files intact. All of the previous effort
was mainly to reach a clean po files. Just think of a scenario where it
is easy to maintain the clean 26 files for updates/corrections and a way
to work on new batch.

>
> As for a release (and we are beyond a 0.1 maybe a 0.5 or so :-).  I
> suggest the following - try to come-up with a list of online dictionary
> sites that might be interested in our wordlist (so we can tell 'em about
> it beyond the freshmeat announcement);

I already opened a channel with Rik Faith and I will take care of dict.org.
Your other choice is freedict DOT NET and not DOT ORG.

> the more the better - there are
> plenty of open-source dictionary web projects out there.  Should we
> also release this as .po files ?  or something else (like...) ?

For me it doesn't matter as long as perl script is modified to cater for what
ever format to generate dictd files.

>
> I'll try to package something off in the next day or so and upload it
> to sf.net, etc.  More later.

GREAT!

> Mabrook again and way to go !!!!!!!
>

(Spreading out cigarettes).
-- 
Ahmad Al-rasheedan (http://webhost.fasttelco.com/asr)