red hat 8.0 and the Speakup Modified

[Richard Villa]

Well,

If I have learned anything in the past 33 years plus that I have been
working in the I T field,.  I have learned to always have at least one
previous version of a software product as a backup in the event something is
seriously wrong with a new release of the product.

Richard

If you are going to burn all of your bridges, you better be able to walk on
water.

----- Original Message -----
From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123" <wacker at octothorp.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: red hat 8.0 and the Speakup Modified


> 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.
> > >
> > >
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