#16416: NLTK port request -----------------------------------------------+---------------------------- Reporter: stevenbird@users.sourceforge.net | Owner: ryandesign@macports.org Type: enhancement | Status: assigned Priority: Normal | Milestone: Port Submissions Component: ports | Version: 1.6.0 Resolution: | Keywords: -----------------------------------------------+---------------------------- Changes (by ryandesign@macports.org): * owner: macports-tickets@lists.macosforge.org => ryandesign@macports.org * status: new => assigned Comment: Ok, so we have a port [browser:trunk/dports/python/py-nltk/Portfile@20382 py-nltk], a python24 port for nltk 1.4.4. The developers are now [http://nltk.org/index.php/FAQ #What_is_the_difference_between_NLTK_and_NLTK-Lite.3F working on nltk- lite] which is currently at version 0.9.5 and has already reached feature parity with nltk 1.4.4. When development of nltk-lite is complete, it will become nltk 2.0. Usually we don't update ports to development verisons, but since nltk-lite 0.9.5 is already better than nltk 1.4.4, and since the nltk web site seems designed to get you to use nltk-lite 0.9.5 rather than nltk 1.4.4, I have no problem with updating the port to this version. I suggest we first update the py-nltk port to nltk-lite 0.9.5, and then copy and modify that to get a new py25-nltk port. This is contingent on the maintainer of py-nltk, Michel Salim, having no objections. I will ask him to look at this ticket. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/16416#comment:1> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS