Okay, I have a question relating to Speakup, the latest 2.6.22.x versions of the kernel, and was wondering something very basic. I just need a yes or a simple no, nothing fancey. So, does anyone know if Gentoo itself has picked up Speakup again? I believe Gentoo utilized speakup itself from CVS (wich is no longer supported thanks to Kirk's posting) and therefore think that they will like Ubuntu never pick it up again, GRML may follow, shortly, with is a huge shame, and a waist if people do not switch over to Git, etc. If people can still build Speakup into the main kernel through Git, (and if git becomes less experimental and more or less the new stable way for Speakup to be built into the kernel) as Gentoo does with there kernels, then I believe Speakup mmay be possible for including again. However, before that is possible, Kirk or someone else working closely with Kirk, must include the possibility for Speakup built into the kernel to have every single synthesizer driver supported (including, but not necessarily limited to, BNS, DecTalk Express, etc.) Gentoo-sources, as of 2.6.21, and back specifically had support for every single syntehsizer, mainly. While this may not be practical, I to, hope that the day rappidly aproaches that anyone can build a Linux system (even LFS) and download the latest kernel, with the Speakup code already present in all future kernels, and then Kirk's large work load will only be to ensure that everything works as expected. Comments, suggestions? Thanks! Regards, --Keith.
