Bug#1093511: RM: gnome-dictionary -- ROM; dead upstream, works with an obsolete protocol and word-list

[Simon McVittie]

Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: gnome-dictionary at packages.debian.org
Control: affects -1 + src:gnome-dictionary
User: ftp.debian.org at packages.debian.org
Usertags: remove

gnome-dictionary has been abandoned upstream, and is a client for an
oudated remote-dictionary-access protocol that primarily works with
a severely outdated dictionary (derived from the out-of-copyright 1913
Merriam Webster dictionary). It is a leaf package with no rdeps.

I don't think this is suitable for inclusion in our future stable
releases. A web browser or specialized client querying Wiktionary seems
like a better tool.

Please see https://bugs.debian.org/1085301 or
https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/1g2d8nd/comment/ls1dty1/ if
more information is required.

Thanks,
    smcv