red hat 8.0 and the Speakup Modified

[Aaron Howell]

He probably means an application which was only supported under RH7.1.
We have several commercial applications at work which say they require this or that exact version of Redhat to funcion 
However in reality they'll run quite nicely under any version.
As a rule, you can run an application which is designed for any major release of Redhat, e.g 7.x under any minor release (7.1, 7.2, etc).

You might run into problems trying to run applications designed to run under RedHat 6.x with version 7 (though there are compatibility libraries to aid in this),
and you will definitely have problems running  applications designed for RedHat 5.x or below.
Eventually, the compatibility libs for RedHat 6.x will be dropped too, but as far as I am aware they're still in version 8.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Aaron
On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 05:04:10PM -0600, William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123 wrote:
> 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.