[development] Updated spellcheck module - now what

[Darrel O'Pry]

Give that man maintainership... I for one would love a spell checked,
and so would most of my publisher customers...

What I real needy is a grammar checker though :)....

.darrel.

On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 12:16 -0600, Will Wyatt wrote:
> >From the spellcheck module's MAINTAINERS.txt
> (http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/drupal/contributions/modules/spellcheck/MAINTAINERS.txt?rev=1.1&view=log)
>  quote:
> "Declaring my spellcheck module as orphaned.  If someone else wants to
> maintain it, it's all yours."
> That was 17 months ago (before I even knew Drupal existed :) )
> 
> On 3/9/06, Larry Garfield <larry at garfieldtech.com> wrote:
> > First off, thanks Will!
> >
> > I'd recommend trying to contact the current module maintainer if possible.
> >  If he responds, work it out with him.  If it's not been updated since
> > 4.5, then I suspect either he'll be happy to let you take it over since
> > you've done all the legwork or he won't be around at all. :-)
> >
> > If he doesn't respond in a few days, come back here and let us know.  I'm
> > not sure if there's a formal process for taking over a contrib module, but
> > at the very least a public announcement should be made.
> >
> > Either way, I'd leave the 4.5 code in CVS indefinitely and just create a
> > new 4.7 tag.  That the code is unrelated now is beside the point. :-)
> >
> > If you've not "done everything correctly", rest assured someone will
> > comment in the forum or the issues tracker, hopefully with suggestions on
> > what correctly would be.
> >
> > Once again, thanks for taking the initiative on it!
> >
> > --Larry Garfield
> >
> > On Thu, March 9, 2006 11:18 am, Will Wyatt said:
> > > Hi all. I've completly rewritten the old 4.5 spellcheck module. I'm
> > > about ready to 'release' the module and wonder what I'm supposed to do
> > > now. I could create a patch, but there is almost nothing that remains
> > > from the old spellcheck module. This is also my first module for
> > > Drupal, so I'm hoping I've done everything correctly.
> > >
> > > So, what should I do now?
> > >
> > > The module uses the GPL'ed Speller Pages from
> > > http://spellerpages.sourceforge.net and requires aspell on the server.
> > > You can try it out at http://test.willwyatt.com you can login as
> > > testuser/testuser and create a blog entry. There should be a 'Check
> > > Spelling' button below the body form element.
> > >
> > > The module only works with 4.7 and has only been tested against 4.7 CVS.
> > >
> > > The module really is just a front end to aspell, so your mileage may
> > > vary depending on your aspell installation.
> > >
> > > Code is available http://www.willwyatt.com/files/spellcheck.tar.gz
> > >
> > > I guess if the code meets requirements I'd like to be the maintainer
> > > of the new module.
> > >
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> > >
> >
> >
> >
> 
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