Well, If I have learned anything in the past 33 years plus that I have been working in the I T field,. I have learned to always have at least one previous version of a software product as a backup in the event something is seriously wrong with a new release of the product. Richard If you are going to burn all of your bridges, you better be able to walk on water. ----- Original Message ----- From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123" <wacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 6:04 PM Subject: Re: red hat 8.0 and the Speakup Modified > 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. > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
