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enchant 2.8.16+dfsg-1

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DescriptionWrapper library for various spell checker engines (development)

Enchant is a generic spell checking library which uses existing spell checker engines such as ispell, aspell and myspell as its backends.

Enchant steps in to provide uniformity and conformity on top of these libraries, and implement certain features that may be lacking in any individual provider library.

This package contains files needed for development with Enchant.

MaintainerDebian GNOME Maintainers <pkg-gnome-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed ByJeremy Bícha <jbicha@ubuntu.com>
Sponsorjbicha@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureany all
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/gnome-team/enchant.git (browse)
Closes#1120314
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/enchant
Uploaded2 hours ago

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DateWed, 13 May 2026 18:38:03 -0400
Sourceenchant
Version2.8.16+dfsg-1
Changed-ByJeremy Bícha
Architecturesource amd64
Distributionunstable
Changelog
enchant (2.8.16+dfsg-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream release (Closes: #1120314)
   * Rename source package and binary packages to remove unnecessary version
   * Run wrap-and-sort -ast
   * Update debian/copyright
   * Update debian/libenchant-2-2.symbols
   * Update minimum glib
   * Update Standards Version to 4.7.4
.dsc
Sectiontext
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listenchant deb text optional arch=any
enchant-2 deb oldlibs optional arch=all
libenchant-2-2 deb libs optional arch=any
libenchant-2-dev deb oldlibs optional arch=all
libenchant-2-voikko deb libs optional arch=any
libenchant-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Source: https://rrthomas.github.io/enchant/
Upstream-Name: enchant
Files-Excluded: doxygen

Files: *
Copyright: 2003-2004 Dom Lachowicz
 2016-2026 Reuben Thomas
 1994-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: build-aux/compile
 build-aux/depcomp
 build-aux/mdate-sh
 build-aux/missing
 build-aux/tap-driver.sh
 build-aux/test-driver
Copyright: 1995-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: GPL-2+ with Autoconf-data exception

Files: build-aux/bootstrap.in
 build-aux/extract-trace
 build-aux/funclib.sh
 build-aux/inline-source
 build-aux/options-parser
Copyright: 2004-2019, 2021, 2023-2025 Bootstrap Authors
License: Expat

Files: build-aux/config.guess
 build-aux/config.sub
Copyright: 1992-2024, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: GPL-3+ with Autoconf-data exception

Files: build-aux/install-sh
Copyright: 1994, X Consortium
License: X11

Files: build-aux/ltmain.sh
Copyright: 1996-2019, 2021-2024, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 2004-2019, 2021, 2023-2024, Bootstrap Authors
License: GPL-2+ with libtool exception

Files: build-aux/texinfo.tex
Copyright: 1985-1986, 1988, 1990-2025, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: GPL-3+ with Texinfo exception

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2003-2019 Masayuki Hatta <mhatta@debian.org>
 2019 Laurent Bigonville <bigon@debian.org>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: libgnu/*
Copyright: 1987-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: libgnu/arg-nonnull.h
 libgnu/c++defs.h
 libgnu/warn-on-use.h
Copyright: 2009-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: LGPL-2+

Files: libgnu/Makefile.am
Copyright: 2027-2024 Reuben Thomas
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: m4/*
Copyright: 2001-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: FSFULLR

Files: libgnu/Makefile.gnulib
 libgnu/Makefile.in
 m4/gnulib-cache.m4
 m4/gnulib-comp.m4
Copyright: 2002-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: GPL-3+

Files: m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4
Copyright: 2008, Benjamin Kosnik
 2012 Zack Weinberg
 2013 Roy Stogner
 2014-2015 Google Inc.; contributed by Alexey Sokolov <sokolov@google.com>
 2015, 2022-2024, Olly Betts
 2015, Moritz Klammler
 2015, Paul Norman
 2016, 2018, Krzesimir Nowak
 2019, Enji Cooper
 2020, Jason Merrill
 2021, 2024 Jörn Heusipp
License: FSFAP

Files: m4/ax_check_gnu_make.m4
Copyright: 2008, John Darrington
 2015 Enrico M. Crisostomo
License: FSFAP

Files: providers/applespell_checker.mm
Copyright: 2004 Francis James Franklin
 2004 Remi Payette
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: providers/enchant_hspell.c
Copyright: 2003, Yaacov Zamir
 2004, Dom Lachowicz
 2017-2025, Reuben Thomas
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: providers/enchant_hunspell.cpp
Copyright: 2003-2004 Joan Moratinos
 2003-2004 Dom Lachowicz
 2016-2025 Reuben Thomas
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: providers/enchant_nuspell.cpp
Copyright: 2020 Sander van Geloven
 2022 Dimitrij Mijoski
 2024-2025 Reuben Thomas
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: providers/enchant_zemberek.cpp
Copyright: 2006 Barış Metin
 2007 Serkan Kaba
 2024-2025 Reuben Thomas
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: tests/*
Copyright: 2007-2008 Eric Scott Albright
License: Expat

Files: tests/broker/free_dict.cpp
 tests/broker/request_dict.cpp
 tests/broker/request_dict_with_pwl.cpp
 tests/dictionary/check.cpp
 tests/dictionary/check.i
 tests/dictionary/get_extra_word_characters.cpp
 tests/dictionary/is_word_character.cpp
Copyright: 2007, Eric Scott Albright
 2023-2025, Reuben Thomas
License: Expat

Files: tests/Makefile.am
Copyright: 2003, Dom Lachowicz
 2016-2024 Reuben Thomas
License: LGPL-2.1+

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