Re: User services (was: Re: dict server)

[Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org>]

Hi Kevin,

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Kevin Kubasik wrote:

> dictionaries up to date. If we are just willing to mirror another dict
> site, then why not just make dict.gnome.org a DNS round robin?

I think that:

- We should simply strive to keep up with official releases of the
  freedict dictionaries and friends, not try to manage our own;

- The added value of a GNOME-controlled (or Freedesktop-controlled, for
  all I care) dict server is that we can add dictionaries for new
  languages on demand. The current gnome-dictionary default dict.org,
  for instance, only offers English dictionaries, which is a bit sparse
  when you consider the number of languages GNOME officially supports.
  :)

regards,

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