Another interesting item: 2.4.10 is dated Sep 23. The AC15 patch for 2.4.9 is dated Sep 24. Sounds strange to me. But, hey, we can live with this development, right? <grin> On 24 Sep 2001, Kirk Reiser wrote: > Adam Myrow <myrow at eskimo.com> writes: > > > Is this saying that Speakup is going to be part of the standard kernel? > > This may be the best thing ever to happen to it! No more patching! No > > more CVS! Just grab the source, and compile. Better still, once > > distributions start shipping these kernels, they can all make Speakup boot > > disks and kernels. I hope I understand that correctly. > > Well, it isn't as nice as all that just yet. What this is currently > is the hooks for speakup in console.c and keyboard.c. There is also a > stub speakup.h included with only enough stuff in it to allow the > kernel to compile without speakup. None of the other kernel code > patches are included. This will make our lives very interesting. > > Kirk > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp
