Hi Tony (my sponsor), (Other mentors, FYI), I think I've got ispell ready; lintian complains about nothing but the /usr/doc location (which I left that way on purpose while waiting for guidance from the policy committee).
I've upgraded, installed clean, deinstalled, downgraded each of the packages, and tested the programs, but please don't assume I didn't miss anything. I've got the source under cvs, so if you change anything, please tell me too so I can commit the same changes here. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. You can find it all at http://www.someotherplace.org/david_coe/debian/ -- if you'd rather I email it to you, just say so. Thanks.