For the life of me, I can't begin to imagine what application would only
run on rh7.1. I'd love to hear more, if you can find out more. There was
a 7.1 version, but i don't think it's up anywhere any more. Unless
someone can give me a very good reason to keep 7.2 around on the
Speakup site, the directory will be history by the end of Monday.
--
Bill in Denver
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Bear in SFO wrote:
>
> I am relatively new to Speakup so I am not sure how far back Speakup had
> been available as a modified version but I am for keeping those images for
> as long as possible. I went and downloaded 7.2 just in case I need it for
> any reason, and wonders if any versions previous to 7.2 had a modified
> image, and if so if someone could let me know where I can find that.
>
> For example, one of the server I have at work was originally configured to
> run RH 7.2, but there was this one application (I forgot what it was) needs
> to be ran on 7.1, so we went and re-done the whole environment. Luckily I
> don't need to reconfigure my box to do that.
>
> So that's my two pennies on the subject...
>
> --David
>
> At 02:13 PM 9/28/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >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.
> >
> >
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