I am under no obligation to answer any question you may think of. I have explained why the 2.6.12 kernel is relevant to patching Speakup into the current FC4 Redhat kernel. That's as far as I'm going with this. Steve Dawes writes: > It has nothing to do with RedHat's policies. It is simply the fact that you > have made a statement about the kernel supplied with the latest > distribution, and then you avoid fully answering any questions that spawn > from your statement. > > Oh yeah, another thing, if you want to use profanity in your messages to me, > I don't mind. All I ask is that you spell it correctly. Damn has m n at the > end of it and is not spelt with two m's. That said, there may be others that > do mind, so be mindful to their feelings if you need to use them. > > > Steve Dawes > Calgary Canada. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Janina Sajka > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 12:39 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: Speakup Modified Fedora 4 Will Be Delayed > > > It's quite clear you think Red Hat should have a different policy. Take > it up with them. I really don't give a damm about that. > > Dawes, Stephen writes: > > Yes you have answered that portion of the question, but you refuse to > answer the question about where in the rpm naming convention does it tell me > where the level of patching is indicated. You have said that the kernel is a > 2.6.11 kernel that has a number of patches that makes it appear to be a > 2.6.12 kernel. So do you or don't you know where it tells this information > in the rpm naming convention and where exactly it is located in the > kernel-2.6.11-1.136_FC4.i686.rpm name. > > > > There is an old clich? that goes something like, "if it walks like a duck, > looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck." Well, as I > said a long while back, if it looks like kernel-2.6.12, and it acts like > kernel 2.6.12, then don't call it something that it isn't as fedora has > done. > > > > Janina, I have noticed something about the way in which you answer > questions over the years. That is that you don't answer the entire question, > but that you only answer the portion of the question that you feel like. > This approach only provides partial information, and often is not what the > requestor is looking for. You wrote that you maintain the fedora speakup > modified howto, and for the work you do on this document it is good. > However, your howto is only an installation document, and when people want > to go beyond the information provided you start to get defensive and call > their quest for information things like idle speculation. Janina, what is > idle information is partial answers like the ones that you are in the habit > of providing to peoples questions. > > > > > > Steve Dawes > > Phone: (403) 268-5527 > > Email: SDawes at calgary.ca > > > > > > > > NOTICE - > > This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or entity > named above and may contain information that is confidential or legally > privileged. If you are not the intended recipient named above or a person > responsible for delivering messages or communications to the intended > recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, distribution, or copying of > this communication or any of the information contained in it is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify > us immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this communication, > or return it to us by mail if requested by us. The City of Calgary thanks > you for your attention and cooperation. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to > http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org
