red hat 8.0 and the Speakup Modified

[Darragh]

Hmmmm, after thinking about this for a while.  I cant see any point in
keeping the older versions.  As far as I can tell, Red hat as well as other
distrobutions ahve very compadant programmers and testers.  Nine times out
of ten I would imagine that bugs are found and fixed before the software is
released.  If not, the red hat ftp sites have older distrobutions which can
be downloaded in their entirity or by separate files.  The same is true for
speakup.  Older versions are available for download.  I could be way off
here but thats my understanding of the question.

Darragh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i at azboss.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: red hat 8.0 and the Speakup Modified


> Hi Janina!
>
> I recommend keeping the old files around at least until a number of us
users
> have verified that everything works as it should with RedHat 8.0's Speakup
> implementation and, of course, with the rest of the OS as well...
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 11:13 AM
> 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.
> >
> >
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