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

["Kevin Kubasik" <kevin kubasik net>]

On 4/6/06, Reinout van Schouwen <reinouts gnome org> wrote:
>
> 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;
Ok, I think that should be easy enough to manage

> - 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.
>   :)

Exactly, this is the primary reason for a dict.gnome.org, however, can
we find reliable and complete dictionaries for all the languages that
gnome supports? If so, and we can automate the process somewhat, then
I say go-go.


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Kevin Kubasik
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