- Package:
- libtext-unidecode-perl
- Source:
- libtext-unidecode-perl
- Submitter:
- J?rg Ludwig
- Date:
- 2010-08-15 15:42:06 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
Hi, Text::Unidecode transliterates German umlauts incorrectly: Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß => A O U a o u ss Correct whould be: Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß => Ae Oe Ue ae oe ue ss See also: http://www.utils.ex.ac.uk/german/dict/ With this bug the module ist virtually unusable for German text. Many thanks in advance,
Hi, Please seem below the report submitted to Debian. I don't believe that this is a Debian-specific bug. Please preserve the Cc list if you reply. Cheers, Dominic.----- Forwarded message from J?rg Ludwig <joerg.ludwig@iserv.eu> ----- X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham version=3.1.7-deb Subject: Bug#435824: Package: libtext-unidecode-perl (0.04-1) Reply-To: J?rg Ludwig <joerg.ludwig@iserv.eu>, 435824@bugs.debian.org Resent-From: J?rg Ludwig <joerg.ludwig@iserv.eu> Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org Resent-Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:39:02 +0000 Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 14:36:09 +0100 From: J?rg Ludwig <joerg.ludwig@iserv.eu> To: submit@bugs.debian.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Resent-Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:39:04 +0000 Package: libtext-unidecode-perl Version: 0.04-1 Severity: important Hi, Text::Unidecode transliterates German umlauts incorrectly: Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß => A O U a o u ss Correct whould be: Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß => Ae Oe Ue ae oe ue ss See also: http://www.utils.ex.ac.uk/german/dict/ With this bug the module ist virtually unusable for German text. Many thanks in advance,----- End forwarded message -----
Hi, Please seem below the report submitted to Debian. I don't believe that this is a Debian-specific bug. Please preserve the Cc list if you reply. Cheers, Dominic.----- Forwarded message from J?rg Ludwig <joerg.ludwig@iserv.eu> ----- X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham version=3.1.7-deb Subject: Bug#435824: Package: libtext-unidecode-perl (0.04-1) Reply-To: J?rg Ludwig <joerg.ludwig@iserv.eu>, 435824@bugs.debian.org Resent-From: J?rg Ludwig <joerg.ludwig@iserv.eu> Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org Resent-Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:39:02 +0000 Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 14:36:09 +0100 From: J?rg Ludwig <joerg.ludwig@iserv.eu> To: submit@bugs.debian.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Resent-Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:39:04 +0000 Package: libtext-unidecode-perl Version: 0.04-1 Severity: important Hi, Text::Unidecode transliterates German umlauts incorrectly: Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß => A O U a o u ss Correct whould be: Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß => Ae Oe Ue ae oe ue ss See also: http://www.utils.ex.ac.uk/german/dict/ With this bug the module ist virtually unusable for German text. Many thanks in advance,----- End forwarded message -----
Severity: Inevitable! In practical terms, if you know the text going in is German, then apply your German-appropriate de-umlautization conventions before feeding the data thru Unidecode. Otherwise, SUFFER! Text::Unidecode is simply a fallback for cases where you can't do any better. Read my article about it: http://interglacial.com/~sburke/tpj/as_html/tpj22.html Notably: If you think you've got trouble, look at the ~inevitable~ treatment of Unihan. Hyvaeae paeivaeae!
Severity: Inevitable! In practical terms, if you know the text going in is German, then apply your German-appropriate de-umlautization conventions before feeding the data thru Unidecode. Otherwise, SUFFER! Text::Unidecode is simply a fallback for cases where you can't do any better. Read my article about it: http://interglacial.com/~sburke/tpj/as_html/tpj22.html Notably: If you think you've got trouble, look at the ~inevitable~ treatment of Unihan. Hyvaeae paeivaeae!