gratz to redhat you and bill!! sorry if i get over excited here..i remember when linux was never accessible to blind and when you had to even compile the kernel on install just to config it... anyways... you might have to explain something to me...(sorry) what does it mean when redhat is no longer speakup modified? does this mean that speakup is hardcore built in to the default kernel already?? just wondering since i am very new with speakup emacspeak and aceessibility to linux...i am very interested in it..let me know because any thing i can get to help me run my server the better...unfortunatly i only have a sound card so emacspeak will have to be used but... my opinion about redhat 7.3 is keep it around for people who still wish to use it or need files for some reason or another... as far as how long to keep it i dont know right now.. i guess for now about 2 or 3 months after 8.0 release... tnx for all the work you all have done!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 2:13 PM Subject: Re: red hat 8.0 and the Speakup Modified > Dear Friends: > > It now seems all but official. Even the Red Hat Home Page is featuring articles about Red Hat 8.0 which plainly state it > will be released this coming Monday, September 30. I am delighted to inform you that Speakup and the Speakup keymap are > included in this release. Sites such as Linux Central are already taking orders, but we suggest you wait to get CD ROMs > directly from Red Hat for less, unless, of course, you actually want to pay more for those printed manuals. In the long > standing tradition, iso images will also be available for download from mirror sites worldwide. And, I am hard at work > writing changes to our web page on the Speakup web site--and editing the HOWTO to reflect this exciting development. > > Congratulations to Bill Acker for his patience and perseverance working over the past few years with various staffers > from Red Hat, on several Red Hat lists, and with us on the Speakup Modified. Bill's the real reason Speakup is now > officially part of the Red Hat distribution, and there's a README about accessibility support in Red Hat products which > singles him out. Way to go, Bill! > > There is a question, though, for which we want guidance from the community on the Speakup list. Here's the simple > question: > > Should we continue to offer the old, now about to be defunct, Speakup Modified version 7.3? Is there some special reason > to keep those files around? For a little while? For a longer while? How long? And for what purpose? > > The days of the Speakup Modified have come to an end, and we're happy about it. But, if folks here find it useful, Kirk > would probably not mind those older files hanging around awhile longer. > > What do you think? Let us know your thoughts. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
