meeting_2007-10-23
Meeting with Polderland 23.10.2007
Participants:
- Peter Beinema
- Sjur Moshagen
Agenda
- Since last time
- Possible issues
- Next meeting
- Todo items for the next meeting
Since last time
Polderland
- fixing bugs: some bugs pending
- compounding behaviour:
- 3/4/5-part compound appear to work in general,
- have worked out details of a technical solution + costs (in hrs).
- have worked out details of a technical solution + costs (in hrs).
- 3/4/5-part compound appear to work in general,
- working on zip utility for windows installer: pending
- Speller behaviour: only suggests if errors are limited to 1 part of compound.
- undesired (or should be user setting),
- will be changed in future drop
- undesired (or should be user setting),
- work has started on Indesign Spellers for North + Lule Sami
- speller starts to work, skeleton version recognises words
- now adding the real functionality; relativey straightforward
- speller starts to work, skeleton version recognises words
- work on command line hyphenator for Mac still nearly completed.
- implemented as front end for existing & delivered hyphenators
- implemented as front end for existing & delivered hyphenators
- new bug messages received but not inspected yet
Divvun
- major work on hyphenator debugging, several bugs found relating to compounds
- major remaining bugs relate to limits in the PLX formalism:
- N-part compounds either overgenerate in a bad way, or severely undergenerate
- severely limits functionality; according to Divvun not in spec.
- should be fixed (maybe later than originally planned final drop)
- severely limits functionality; according to Divvun not in spec.
- N-part compounds either overgenerate in a bad way, or severely undergenerate
- added iso-disk installer for CD burning
The latest spellers are available at:
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http://divvun.no/static_files/sami-proofing-tools-20071022.dmg - Mac
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http://divvun.no/static_files/sami-proofing-tools-20071022.zip - Win
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http://divvun.no/static_files/DivvunToolsCD-20071022.cdr - cd master
Bug status
Solved/cancelled
None since last meeting.
To be solved in next drop
Div | Pld | Description |
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473 | 452 | Windows installer does not autostart after download => discuss solutions |
516 | 4?? | vista installation from zip fails => probably solved by self-extracting zip; not functioning yet |
Under investigation by Polderland
Div | Pld | Description |
---|---|---|
461 | 448 | Spelling errors with editing distance 1 from lexicalised words do not get correct suggestions => explanation not good enough, investigate more samples *** still investigating |
522 | xxx | Strange compounding fenomena |
528 | xxx | Acro words get upper-case case endings |
533 | xxx | Office 2007 gives North Sámi suggs in context menu when language is Lule => Divvun will check with the Public beta 2. |
545 | xxx | Bad hyphenation in compounds - fence post errors? |
546 | xxx | Other bad hyphenation, different hyphenation in manual and auto |
553 | xxx | Uninstallation under Windows Vista fails |
To be investigated by Divvun/Users
Div | Pld | Description |
---|---|---|
447 | 443 | Windows speller doesn't install on terminal server => SD IT guys will have a look once more |
Issue discussion
473 - Windows installer
Alternatives to solve it:
- make an executable installer file - requires InstallShield, meaning that
- make self-extracting zip files for download, with autostart options of the
For both cases different types of protection software (firewalls, anti-virus,
Rough schedule
- Mid September: planned final drop from Polderland
- did drop, new drops still expected: new Windows installer, etc
- did drop, new drops still expected: new Windows installer, etc
- November 1: Divvun code freeze
- November 15: Indesign speller
- December 11: public release
Next meeting
Next week (30.10.) at 09.30 Dutch/Norwegian time.
TODO:
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PLD discuss limits in N-part compound functionality with mgmt team,
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PLD pass information on self-extracting ziptool with autostart option
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PLD provide information on InDesign language grouping
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PLD check: is mklex version G5 only, or universal binary?
- Divvun check bug 533 with latest release