[Sw-l] SignPuddle 2 updates

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List,
December 10, 2023

Thank you, Steve, for SignPuddle 2 and for all the software you have developed for SignWriting and Sutton Movement Writing. It is phenomenal work. It will be 20 years since we met in 2004.

I hope that in 2024 you receive more support for the donation of your time to keep it all running. I love SignPuddle 2. I'm grateful to be able to use it.

And congratulations to the Korean SignWriting projects, and also to the Brazilian SignWriters, for adding so many signs… The databases are becoming larger and larger!

Happy Holidays, everyone

Val ;-)

Valerie Sutton
sutton at signwriting.org

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> On Dec 10, 2023, at 1:26 PM, Steve Slevinski <slevin at signpuddle.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi SignWriting list,
> 
> I'm glad that people still find SignPuddle 2 useful.  I am happy I can keep it running. Recently, I needed to make two important updates.
> 
> First, South Korea has over 32 thousand sign entries.  They have added 5 thousand entries in the last week alone.  They had up to 12 editors working at the same time.  This was causing an issue that would lock the dictionary and prevent searching.  I had to repair the dictionary several times before I finally found the problem and fixed the code.  It was been working flawlessly for the past two weeks.  They were able to finish a huge project and I can't wait to see the results.
> 
> Second, Brazil has almost 50 thousand sign entries.  This was causing an issue with the Translate feature.  Due to the size of the dictionary, long translation requests were taking too long and timing out.  I had to rewrite the Translation page to get it to work, but I was able to complete the update today.  My testing shows that it is working the same as before, but much faster.
> 
> Lastly, the legacy server recently became unresponsive and several of the websites wouldn't load.  I rebooted the server and everything is working again.
> 
> If you have any issues, please let me know.
> 
> Regards,
> -Steve
> 
> PS: If you find the software and websites useful, please consider supporting my ongoing maintenance and future developments by joining my Patreon campaign or donating through PayPal. Your contribution will help me continue to provide free software and websites to everyone.
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> 
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