should I wait for red hat 8.0?

[Janina Sajka]

As our HOWTO points out, Red Hat offers a very useful, and easily used updating utility called up2date. Any updated rpm
releases are retrieved and installed by up2date;, provided they are updates of applications already installed on your
system. Of course, the kernel is updated more often than Red Hat releases come out. And, Speakup seems to be updated a
bit less frequently than the kernel.

If it matters, you can certainly just grab the sources and recompile an interim kernel.

Darragh writes:
> From: "Darragh" <darraghoheiligh at eircom.net>
> 
> Very interesting question.  Also I presume updates will still be available
> to download when written from the speakup web site?
> 
> I'm very curious, usually when software is updated the version number jumps
> in small steps, eg, 7.0, 7.1, 7,2 and 7.3 the jump to 8.0 logicly suggests
> that a major update has been made to either the kurnel or the applications.
> Is this thinking way off?  If I'm right what has been changed?  What is the
> point in upgrading?
> 
> Thanks
> Darragh
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i at azboss.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 8:40 PM
> Subject: Re: should I wait for red hat 8.0?
> 
> 
> > Hi Janina,
> >
> > Oh, uh, great!  Now, the interesting thing will be to see if RH will keep
> up
> > with any updates in Speakup as they are released, thus updating the Kernel
> > they provide?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 11:58 AM
> > Subject: Re: should I wait for red hat 8.0?
> >
> >
> > > The Speakup Modified will be no more.. But, the HOWTO will be updated to
> > revlect the new development.
> > >
> > > Darrell Shandrow writes:
> > > > From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i at azboss.net>
> > > >
> > > > Hi Janina,
> > > >
> > > > So, is RedHat 8.0 going to mean the end of the need to use the
> specially
> > > > created RedHat Speakup distribution?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 8:20 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: should I wait for red hat 8.0?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I think you should wait if you're OK about downloading ISO images.
> If
> > you
> > > > want to get Red Hat 8.0 on CD ROM from Red Hat
> > > > > in a store or through the mail, that may take a few more weeks.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jared writes:
> > > > > > From: "Jared" <jared-stofflett at twmi.rr.com>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hello I currently have the immages for redhat 7.3 modifyed with
> > speakup.
> > > > > > Should I wait for redhat 8.0 to come out or should I install now
> anf
> > > > figure
> > > > > > that 8.0 won't be out for a while? Thanks for any help.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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> > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > > > Janina Sajka, Director
> > > > > Technology Research and Development
> > > > > Governmental Relations Group
> > > > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> > > > >
> > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> > > > >
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> > > --
> > >
> > > Janina Sajka, Director
> > > Technology Research and Development
> > > Governmental Relations Group
> > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> > >
> > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> > >
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> >
> >
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> >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175