1 scowl (2020.12.07-3) unstable; urgency=medium
3 * Include hunspell .bdic files (for qtwebengine and others). (Closes:
4 #1017646) Thanks to Soren Stoutner.
6 -- Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> Mon, 19 Sep 2022 16:19:57 -0700
8 scowl (2020.12.07-2) unstable; urgency=medium
10 * Separate uniqifying from sort; users (and other plurals with
11 contractions) missing from wordlist because of this. (Closes:
14 -- Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 21:16:40 -0800
16 scowl (2020.12.07-1) unstable; urgency=medium
18 * New upstream release
19 * Wordlists are now sorted with the -d option to sort, which only sorts
20 in dictionary order instead of sorting in LC_SORT=C order. (Closes:
22 * Switch to using mk-list instead of custom code for identifying files
24 * Include apostrophe in hunspell affix wordlist; hunspell now supports
25 contractions (Closes: #491638)
27 -- Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:46:29 -0700
29 scowl (2019.10.06-1) unstable; urgency=medium
31 * New upstream release (Closes: #952736)
32 * Deprecate reprized for reprised (Closes: #952653)
33 * Use up to 70 wordlists for hunspell (Closes: #933544)
34 * Distribute all scowl files as utf-8 (Closes: #775480)
36 -- Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> Sat, 29 Feb 2020 20:07:46 -0800
38 scowl (2018.04.16-1) unstable; urgency=medium
40 * New upstream release
41 * Use $(DEB_VERSION) for hunspel-en-{us,au,ca} insead of
42 $(DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM) (Closes: #884921)
43 * Fix failure to build reproducibly with new debhelper versions due to
44 wrong install: and build: targets in Makefile. (Closes: #890618)
46 * Call install-myspell to register the hunspell dictionaries (Closes:
48 * All of the packages we produce are Multi-Arch: foreign (Closes: #752589)
49 * Update standard-version; no changes.
51 -- Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> Tue, 24 Apr 2018 16:08:24 -0700
53 scowl (2017.08.24-1) unstable; urgency=medium
55 * New upstream release
56 * Move sangs (plural of an obscure plant) to -95 (Closes: #861025).
57 Thanks to Josh Triplett.
58 * variant_0 and variant_1 are now _1 and _2; update rules to properly
59 include them (Closes: #867586). Thanks to 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson.
60 * build hunspell-en-{us,au,ca} from here. The versions in
61 libreoffice-dictionaries are built from here anyway (closes: #795159,
62 #874519, #879199). Thanks to Rene Engelhard for the patch.
64 -- Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> Fri, 20 Oct 2017 12:09:03 -0700
66 scowl (2017.01.22-1) experimental; urgency=low
68 * New upstream release
69 * Include the proper variant spelling into the proper language (Closes:
70 #659841). Thanks to Drew Parsons.
71 * Sort using LC_ALL=C to make builds reproducible. (Closes: #791851).
72 Thanks to Reiner Herrmann.
73 * Remove non-word mys (Closes: #858961). Thanks to Josh Triplett.
74 * Switch to dh $@ style packaging
75 * Switch to quilt packaging
77 -- Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2017 15:25:00 -0700
79 scowl (7.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
81 * New upstream release
82 - Move dieing to english-words.80 (Closes: #515896)
83 - Modularises is in english-words.80 (Closes: #634824)
84 * Remove uniprocessorunix, thanks to Dean Menezes (Closes: #530456)
85 * afterward and afterwards are both perfectly legitimate english words;
86 add them to english-words.10 (Closes: #564032)
87 * Add unices, unixen to hacker list; add unixes to english-words.95,
88 thanks to Dean Menezes (Closes: #530457)
89 * Add analyses (plural of analysis) (Closes: #570718). Thanks to Benoit
91 * Deprecate irregardless slightly (Closes: #584076)
92 * Stick prepend into american words even though it is computer
93 jargon (Closes: #402055)
95 -- Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:44:02 -0700
97 scowl (6-3) unstable; urgency=low
99 * Encode in UTF-8, thanks to Marc Fournier (Closes: #470463)
100 * Kill off triple letter misspellings, thanks to Justin B Rye (Closes:
102 * Fix supr{essed,ising} issues in english-words.95, thanks to Jidanni
104 * Sanitize the makefile to not be so repetitive
105 * Add -insane package to include the .95 wordlists
106 * Include hacker special wordlist in the insane dictionaries
108 * Update standards version
110 -- Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:59:43 -0700
112 scowl (6-2.3) unstable; urgency=low
114 * Taking over this package (Closes: #487734)
115 * Fix the building of -huge binaries (Closes: #346113) [Thanks to Jason
116 Rhinelander <jagerman@jagerman.com> for a patch, though I actually
117 implemented myself without seeing his.]
119 -- Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:16:08 -0700
121 scowl (6-2.2) unstable; urgency=low
123 * Non-maintainer upload.
124 * Make wamerican no longer depend on dictionaries-common, while
125 using its features if present: (Closes: #487977).
126 - wamerican.links: Install /usr/share/dict/words link to
128 - wamerican.post{inst,rm}: Run dictionaries-common stuff only
130 - wamerican.config: Check that dictionaries-common is installed
131 and a recent version (having elanguages support) before trying
133 - debian/rules: Do not auto-generate maintainer scripts for
134 wamerican, but use the new hardcoded ones. Split
135 installdeb-wordlist stuff for wamerican and the rest of the
136 wordlists, moving both to the install target.
137 - debian/control: Remove dictionaries-common dependency and
138 include a conflicts against dictionaries-common (<< 0.98) where
139 /usr/share/dict/words link diversion is included.
141 - Bumped Standards-Version to 3.7.3. No changes needed.
142 - Moved debhelper dependency from Build-Depends-Indep to
143 Build-Depends. debhelper is required to run the clean target
144 of debian/rules (Policy Manual, section 7.6).
146 -- Agustin Martin Domingo <agmartin@debian.org> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:24:26 +0200
148 scowl (6-2.1) unstable; urgency=low
150 * Non-maintainer upload.
151 * Bumped Standards-Version to 3.7.2. No changes needed.
152 * debian/compat now is 5.
153 * Apply patch from Tom Parker <debian@tevp.net>, to stop Scowl generated
154 packages to erronously depend on debconf twice, and to allow for
155 debconf-2.0 as an alternate, thus blocking the cedebconf transition
158 -- Amaya Rodrigo Sastre <amaya@debian.org> Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:38:03 +0100
160 scowl (6-2) unstable; urgency=low
162 * debian/rules: remove a ${!VAR} bashism; replace with eval(...)
163 Closes: #207102 scowl: debian/rules script contains bashisms
165 -- David Coe <davidc@debian.org> Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:00:22 -0400
167 scowl (6-1) unstable; urgency=low
169 * New upstream release.
170 Closes: #333207 wamerican-large: new upstream release 6 available
171 * debian/rules and debian/control: Added -huge versions of the
172 american, canadian, and british word lists. Upstream word lists are
173 now better organized; we take advantage of that by adding the new
174 size "40" word lists to the standard lists, the size "55" word lists
175 to the -large lists, and the size "80" word lists to the (new) -huge
177 Closes: #317422 dictionaries-common: sightlines/metallicity
178 "Sightlines" is now in the -huge lists; "metallicity" is only in the
179 upstream size "95" lists, so (by my policy) even the -huge lists
180 won't include it. If you want that, and all the other really odd
181 words, please install and use the Debian "scowl" package.
182 * Added "Debian" and "Debian's" to english-proper-names.50, which
183 gets them into the standard, -large, and -huge lists.
184 If Microsoft is there (it is), we should be too ;).
185 Closes: #327749: wamerican: should include "debian" in wordlist
187 - standards version 3.6.2 (no changes required)
188 - removed the 'wenglish' dummy package
189 Closes: #322072 wenglish: Dummy package still needed?
190 Closes: #286583 wenglish: typo in package description
191 * debian/copyright: updated copyright (some additions from
192 latest upstream README).
194 -- David Coe <davidc@debian.org> Fri, 14 Oct 2005 01:00:03 -0400
196 scowl (5-4) unstable; urgency=low
198 * debian/control: depend [and build-depend] on newer
199 dictionaries-common[-dev] (>=0.20).
200 Closes: #232166 "Please update your ... package(s) to new .config system"
201 * debian/control; bump standards-version; no changes required.
202 * debian/wenglish.preinst: removed -- this previously-implemented half-fix
204 Closes: #216397 "debconf oops"
205 * debian/control: add missing debconf dependencies.
207 -- David Coe <davidc@debian.org> Mon, 16 Feb 2004 02:38:32 -0500
209 scowl (5-3) unstable; urgency=low
211 * corrected a typo/thinko in the scowl pacakge description;
212 thanks to Leonardo Rochael Almeida for noticing and reporting it.
213 Closes: #201564: s/wenglish/wbritish/ in package description
214 * added wenglish.preinst, to remove the obsolete "wenglish"
215 debconf choice, now that wamerican has replaced wenglish.
216 See also dictionaries-common bug #200098, which explains
217 why this solution is not perfect.
218 Closes: #202570: typo in debconf prompt
219 * standards version 3.6.0; converted this changelog to UTF-8.
221 -- David Coe <davidc@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jul 2003 01:48:46 -0400
223 scowl (5-2) unstable; urgency=low
225 * Include also the appropriate variant_0 and variant_1 words,
226 to provide the more common spelling alternatives.
228 -- David Coe <davidc@debian.org> Thu, 3 Jul 2003 14:48:48 -0400
230 scowl (5-1) unstable; urgency=low
232 * New upstream package (SCOWL) replaces previous upstream sources for
233 wenglish and wbritish; wenglish had been built from a (possibly)
234 non-free source (linux-words), and wbritish had been built from a
235 relatively incomplete source (words extracted from the ispell british
236 dictionary). SCOWL (Spell-Checker Oriented Word Lists) is a
237 collection of English word lists maintained by Kevin Atkinson at
238 http://wordlist.sf.net, is completely Free, is of significantly
239 better quality, and is supported upstream.
240 Thanks to Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com> for suggesting we use
241 the SCOWL wordlists. This source package (scowl) now creates the
242 following binary packages:
243 wamerican, wamerican-small, wamerican-large,
244 wbritish, wbritish-small, wbritish-large,
245 wcanadian, wcanadian-small, wcanadian-large,
247 wenglish (dummy package to install wamerican, for upgrades)
248 Closes: #170490: wenglish: Package contains a non-DFSG-compliant list
249 Closes: #141707: wbritish: seems to be missing some very basic words
250 Closes: #165251: wbritish: Missing word ('behemoth')
251 Closes: #176875: Gullible isn't in the dictionary
252 Closes: #147959: wenglish: Spelling "plebian" is nonstandard
253 Closes: #175906: wenglish: should be called wamerican
254 * My sincere gratitude to Agustin Martin Domingo for paying attention to
255 ispell and the english word lists while I was preoccupied, and for his
256 NMUs during the dictionaries-common transition.
257 Closes: #164257: wbritish: Please update your wbritish package to IDWP new policy
258 Closes: #164260: wenglish: Please update your wenglish package to IDWP new policy
259 * 'Pharoah' is only in the "huge" SCOWL dictionary, which is normally
260 considered unreasonable for spell checking (too many false positives);
261 I suggest you add it to your own personal list, or install the scowl
262 package and create the huge list (or one customized to your needs).
263 If you disagree with upstream's classification of that word, please
264 reopen the bug report with some explanation, and I'll happily forward
266 Closes: #175394: wenglish: missing word 'pharaoh'
268 -- David Coe <davidc@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 22:26:28 -0400
270 wenglish (2.0-2.4) unstable; urgency=low
272 * Just a rebuild to make sure at least dictionaries-common-dev-0.8.4
273 is used,since there was a minor change in the debconf config
274 files to have debconf choices properly sorted. David, no need to
275 change anything in your sources, just make sure you use at least
276 that version. This fix will then propagate the next time you build
277 the package. Sorry for not having asked you about this upload with
280 -- Agustin Martin Domingo <agmartin@debian.org> Fri, 25 Oct 2002 13:37:41 +0200
282 wenglish (2.0-2.3) unstable; urgency=low
284 * Non-Maintainer Upload
285 * This time really added dictionaries-common-dev to 'Build-Depends-Indep'.
286 That was missed previously in (2.0-2.2).
288 -- Agustin Martin Domingo <agmartin@debian.org> Mon, 21 Oct 2002 13:12:14 +0200
290 wenglish (2.0-2.2) unstable; urgency=low
292 * Non-Maintainer Upload
293 * New policy compliant package (closes: #164260)
294 * Some minor changes with respect to package in sourceforge:
296 - Changing 'Pre-Depends: dictionaries-common' to a simple
298 - Added dictionaries-common-dev to 'Build-Depends-Indep'
299 +++ words-american-english.5
300 - Changed '/etc/dictionary' to '/etc/dictionaries-common/words' and
301 'update-alternatives' to 'select-default-wordlist'
303 -- Agustin Martin Domingo <agmartin@debian.org> Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:52:46 +0200
305 wenglish (2.0-2.1) unstable; urgency=low
307 * Experimental release after the dictionaries policy proposal.
308 * Removed postinst and prerm. So, David, DO NOT REUSE THIS PACKAGE
309 FOR THE OFFICIAL BRANCH.
311 -- Agustín Martín Domingo <agmartin@debian.org> Fri, 30 Nov 2001 17:37:59 +0100
313 wenglish (2.0-2) unstable; urgency=low
315 * added some missing words and their variations. Closes: #108233.
316 * added missing variations of some previously-added words.
317 * updated standards to debian policy 3.5.6.
319 -- David Coe <davidc@debian.org> Fri, 10 Aug 2001 18:20:03 -0400
321 wenglish (2.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
324 * cnanged version to agree with upstream source version.
325 * included additional documentation from the upstream source.
326 * Updated standards to debian policy 3.5.2.
327 Closes: #80775 "man pages in wrong directory."
328 * fixed prerm to run update-alternatives at the proper time.
329 Closes: #87332 "dictionary alternative and wenglish's prerm"
330 * closing an old bug, was apparently fixed in 1.0-12 (when /etc/dictionary
332 Closes: #35098 "unknown-source: a dangling symlink."
333 * renamed american-english.5 to words-american-english.5, to minimize
334 confusion with similarly-named idict-american-english.5 man page;
335 symlink american-english.5 to words-american-english.5.
336 * added the word "hullabaloo" (in support of ispell/iamerican bug
339 -- David Coe <davidc@debian.org> Sat, 24 Feb 2001 13:46:29 -0500
341 wenglish (1.0-12) unstable; urgency=low
343 * In postinst, clean up /etc/dictionary and transfer its value into
344 the alternatives system.
346 -- Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org> Thu, 15 Apr 1999 01:32:53 +0100
348 wenglish (1.0-11) unstable; urgency=low
350 * Update the package's description to match reality.
352 -- Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org> Tue, 13 Oct 1998 02:32:09 +0100
354 wenglish (1.0-10) unstable; urgency=low
356 * Update standards-version to 2.4.1 (no changes required).
357 * Moved /usr/dict/english to /usr/share/dict/american-english.
358 * Replaced old maintainer scripts with new ones which call
362 -- Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org> Tue, 29 Sep 1998 12:24:34 +0100
364 wenglish (1.0-9) frozen unstable; urgency=low
366 * Gack. Maybe I should actually -install- the postrm script?
367 (How embarrassing.) Postrm script now installed properly.
368 * Remove leftover half-email from the end of the changelog. (How did
371 * Remove quibble from copyright file; simple lists of words can't
374 -- Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org> Wed, 8 Apr 1998 03:43:42 +0100
376 wenglish (1.0-8) frozen unstable; urgency=low
378 * Rewrite maintainer scripts, and properly this time (and thus fixes
379 bug 7454 slightly better than last time, but still not completely;
380 that will be done in slink). All cases handled, and it's properly
381 tested. The new scripts used here are intended to go in all the
382 w<language> dictionary packages before the release of hamm so that
383 they all ask questions consistently, and only when they need to.
384 (If all the dictionary packages use these, bug 19600 will be fixed.)
386 * Don't randomize the /etc/dictionary symlink on mass-upgrade.
387 * No longer use relative symlinks between top-level directories.
388 * Don't remove /etc/dictionary symlink, which records the system's
389 default dictionary language, unless the corresponding dictionary is
392 -- Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org> Sun, 5 Apr 1998 16:08:33 +0100
394 wenglish (1.0-7) unstable; urgency=low
396 * No longer asks whether english should be the default dictionary when
397 upgrading, only on an install. (Attempts to fix bug #7454.)
399 * Add `xylophone' and `migraine' to the word list (first checking
400 them against the Oxford Minidictionary and the Collins Westminster
401 Desk Companion.) (Fixes:bug#9325,#10642)
403 * Added extended package description. (Fixes:bug#3655)
404 * Provide wordlist virtual package. (Fixes:bug#9393)
407 * Undebmaked; now uses my generic debian/rules.
408 * Updated to standards version 2.4.0.0.
410 -- Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org> Fri, 27 Feb 1998 13:42:34 +0000
412 wenglish (1.0-6) unstable; urgency=low
414 * New source packaging format.
416 -- Herbert Xu <herbert@debian.org> Sat, 8 Feb 1997 22:16:50 +1100