Speakup Modified Fedora 4 Will Be Delayed

[Tom Moore]

Kirk and I are in the process of setting up a mirror of the Speakup site in the US here.
This may not solve all our problems with bndwidth, but at least it'll help a lot.
Will keep people posted on the situation.

Tom

On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 04:29:40PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> I don't know that it's RH specific, or just changes that are in for
> 2.6.12. I would suspect the latter.
> 
> I expect we'll torrent around the initial release, but I'm not convinced
> torrent is the best answer for on going availability. There just aren't
> enough of us to make a good swarm and distribute the load so that nobody
> is overwhelmed.
> 
> I do expect Cheap Bytes will again carry the Speakup Modified on cdr.
> For $10 I think that's a pretty good deal, and no one associated with
> the Speakup Modified gets any money on it, so you can know my opinion is
> not motivated that way.
> 
> Jim Grimsby writes:
> > Hi, 
> > Is the kernel they are using that different from the standard linux
> > kernel?  
> > If so what is different.  
> > Just wondering because I was going to try it out when it came out on one
> > of these boxes.  Also will it be available in a torrent format.  Never
> > was able to get a good download of fc3.  
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
> > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 7:57 PM
> > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> > Subject: Re: Speakup Modified Fedora 4 Will Be Delayed
> > 
> > 
> > Sina Bahram writes:
> > > Hi Janina,
> > > 
> > > What seems to be the problem?
> > 
> > The FC4 kernel will not patch with Speakup.
> > Something on the order of 9 out of 13 hunks fail.
> > 
> > > 
> > > And, is there anything we can do?
> > Figure out the solution?
> > 
> > PS: Kirk's on the case.
> > 
> > > 
> > > Take care,
> > > Sina
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca 
> > > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> > > On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 5:35 PM
> > > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca; blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > > Subject: Speakup Modified Fedora 4 Will Be Delayed
> > > 
> > > Dear Friends:
> > > 
> > > We regret that the task of producing a Speakup MOdified kernel from 
> > > this week's release of Fedora Core 4 is proving problematic. At this 
> > > time it is impossible to say when the problem will be resolved. But, 
> > > we thought you'd want to know the issue is being looked into.
> > > 
> > > As a workaround, we've found it is possible to run the current kernel 
> > > from the Speakup Modified Fedora 3, but uone loses audio support when 
> > > doing this.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --
> > > 
> > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group
> > (FSG)
> > > janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org
> > > 
> > > Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
> > > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC
> > http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
> > > 
> > > Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. 
> > > Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.
> > > 
> > > 
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> > -- 
> > 
> > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
> > janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org
> > 
> > Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
> > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC
> > http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
> > 
> > Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go
> > to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.
> > 
> > 
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> -- 
> 
> Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
> janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org
> 
> Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
> Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
> 
> Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.
> 
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